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Pseudomyalina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4594894https://www.gbif.org/species/4594894
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16971https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16971
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Pseudomyalina
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
-EubivalviaCarter 2011
subclassAutobranchia
infraclassPteriomorphia
-OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
-OstreioniFerussac 1822
-MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea
familyMyalinidaeFrech 1891
genusPseudomyalinaDickins 1956
Scientific NamePseudomyalina Dickins, 1956
Name Published InBull. Bur. Miner. Resour. Geol. Geophys. Aust. 29: 25
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pseudomyalinagenusbelongs to Myalinidaestated with evidenceDickins, 1956
Pseudomyalinagenusbelongs to Pterioidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance296 - 290 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance272 - 269 Ma
Permian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Pteriomorphia)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pteriomorphia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Bivalvia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. M. Dickins. 1956. Permian pelecypods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 29:1-42

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Myalina mingenewensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomyalina mingenewensis
species
listed (PBDB)1279 Ma
Permian
279 Ma
Permian
Pseudomyalina obliqua
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3272 Ma
Permian
272 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1956Pseudomyalina Dickins
2002Pseudomyalina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Dickins J. M. (1956) Permian pelecypods from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 29, 1-42
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. Bur. Miner. Resour. Geol. Geophys. Aust. 29: 25 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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