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Posidoniidae ✝

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Posidonia becheri

Mértola, Beja, Portugal

Posidonia becheri

Mértola, Beja, Portugal

Posidonia becheri

Mértola, Beja, Portugal

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592434	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592434
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61891	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61891

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Posidoniidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Posidoniidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Posidonioidea	Frech 1909
family	Posidoniidae	Frech 1909

Scientific Name

Posidoniidae

Name Published In

Neumayr, M. (1891). Beiträge zu einer morphologischen Eintheilung der Bivalven. Aus den Hinterlassenen Schriften des Prof. M. Neumayr, C. M. K. Akad. mit einem Vorworte von E. Suess, W. M. K. Akademie der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Denkschriften, Wien. 58:701–801.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Posidoniidae	family	belongs to Pectinacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Posidoniidae	family	belongs to Pterioida	stated with evidence	Waller and Stanley, 2005
Posidoniidae	family	belongs to Posidonioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Posidoniidae	family	belongs to Pterioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Posidoniidae	family	belongs to Posidonioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011
Posidoniidae	family	belongs to Pterioidea	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Ostreida)

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Ostreida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostreida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Amonotis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	237 Ma Middle Triassic	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Bositra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		409	252 Ma Permian	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Caenodiotis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		4	201 Ma Early Jurassic	183 Ma Early Jurassic
Didymotis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		37	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ellesmerella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	299 Ma Carboniferous	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Imposidonia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Magnolobia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Multisidonia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peribositra ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	254 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Posidonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Posidonia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		291	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Posidonotis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		53	199 Ma Early Jurassic	183 Ma Early Jurassic
Pterohalobia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Steinmannia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	183 Ma Early Jurassic
Veldidenella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Posidonomya bellula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Posidonomya kimmeridgensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1909	Posidoniidae Frech
1965	Posidoniidae Newell p. 17
1980	Posidoniidae Vokes p. 48
2005	Posidoniidae Waller and Stanley
2009	Posidoniidae Nevesskaja
2010	Posidoniidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Posidoniidae Carter et al. p. 9
2014	Posidoniidae Ros-Franch et al.

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Waller T. R., Stanley G. D. (2005) Middle Triassic pteriomorphian Bivalvia (Mollusca) from the New Pass Range, west-central Nevada: systematics, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography, Journal of Paleontology 79 Supplement, 1-64

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - via World Register of Marine Species

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