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Aviculopecten morrowensis

Description

Aviculopecten is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusc that lived from the Early Devonian to the Late Triassic in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4952250https://www.gbif.org/species/4952250
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)112601https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=112601
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Myalinidae : Aviculopecten : Aviculopecten morrowensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Aviculopectinidae : Aviculopecten : Aviculopecten morrowensis
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
orderPectinida
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
-AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyAviculopectinidaeMeek 1864
genusAviculopectenM'Coy 1851
speciesAviculopecten morrowensisGirty 1910
Generic NameAviculopecten
Scientific NameAviculopecten morrowensis Girty, 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aviculopecten morrowensisspeciesbelongs to Aviculopectenstated with evidenceGirty, 1910
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance336 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance336 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentmarine (based on Pectinida)
Motilitystationary (based on Pectinida)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Pectinida)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Aviculopectinidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviculopecten_morrowensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Aviculopecten morrowensis Girty p. 229
1969Aviculopecten morrowensis Pojeta, Jr. p. 22 figs. pl. 4 f. 23-28

References

Girty G. H. (1910) New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20 3, 189-238
Pojeta, Jr. J. (1969) Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma - Pelecypods, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 606 C, 15-24
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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