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Taxonomy
Ostrea antarctica was named by Zinsmeister (1984) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 365495, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1984 | Ostrea antarctica Zinsmeister |
1992 | Ostrea antarctica Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 62 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Ostrea antarctica Zinsmeister 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003 |
Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Ostrea antarctica (63547 63548 63549) | |
Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica | Ostrea antarctica (72402 72403 72405) | |
Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Ostrea antarctica (63551) |