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Ilymatogyra

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9267296https://www.gbif.org/species/9267296
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16721https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16721
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Ilymatogyra
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Ilymatogyra
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)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
genusIlymatogyraStenzel 1971
Scientific NameIlymatogyra Stenzel, 1971
Name Published Inin Moore, R. C. (Ed.). Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Geol. Soc. Am., Univ. Kansas Press, Lawrence. Part N Mollusca (6) Bivalvia 3:
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ilymatogyragenusbelongs to Pterioidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Ilymatogyragenusbelongs to Gryphaeidaestated with evidenceEl Qot, 2006
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentmarine,brackish (based on Ostreida)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Gryphaeidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Gryphaeidae)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Gryphaeidae)
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
Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)70113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ilymatogyra africana
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1971Ilymatogyra Stenzel
2002Ilymatogyra Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Ilymatogyra El Qot p. 42

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
El Qot G. M. (2006) Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt, Beringeria 36, 3-163
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
in Moore, R. C. (Ed.). Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Geol. Soc. Am., Univ. Kansas Press, Lawrence. Part N Mollusca (6) Bivalvia 3: - 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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