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Ambigostrea

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4595312https://www.gbif.org/species/4595312
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16457https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16457
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ambigostrea
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ambigostrea
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
-OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida
suborderOstreidina
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAmbigostreaMalchus 1990
Scientific NameAmbigostrea Malchus, 1990
Name Published InBerl Geowiss Abh Reihe A Geol Palaeontol 125
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ambigostreagenusbelongs to Ostreidaestated without evidenceMalchus, 1990
Ambigostreagenusbelongs to Pterioidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Ambigostreagenusbelongs to Ambigostreinistated without evidenceBouchet et al., 2010
Ambigostreagenusbelongs to Ostreidaestated without evidenceDevries, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)8
First Recorded Appearance105 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Environmenthypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Ostreidae)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Ostreidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Ostreidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Ostreidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ambigostrea bretoni
species
listed (PBDB)483.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ambigostrea dominici
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ambigostrea pseudovillei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ambigostrea tripolitana
species
listed (PBDB)1883.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ambigostrea villei
species
listed (PBDB)2183.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea bretoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea tecticosta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
21483.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ostrea tripolitana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ostrea villei
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1990Ambigostrea Malchus
2002Ambigostrea Sepkoski, Jr.
2010Ambigostrea Bouchet et al.
2018Ambigostrea Devries p. 9

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Devries T. J. (2018) Early Paleogene brackish-water molluscs from the Caballas Formation of the East Pisco Basin (Southern Peru), Journal of Natural History doi:10.1080/00222933.2018.1524032
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
Berl Geowiss Abh Reihe A Geol Palaeontol 125 - 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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