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Taxonomy
Ostrea seymourensis was named by Zinsmeister (1984) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Seymour Island, Antarctica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 365517, 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 seymourensis Zinsmeister |
| 1992 | Ostrea seymourensis Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 64 |
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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 seymourensis Zinsmeister 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Ostrea seymourensis (63552) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Ostrea seymourensis (63553) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Antarctica | Ostrea seymourensis (72391 72394 72397 72398) |