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Pseudomonotis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pseudomonotis von Beyrich
1885Pachypteria Koninck
1931Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) Grabau p. 322
1944Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) Reed p. 319
1980Pseudomonotis Vokes p. 48
1995Pseudomonotis Newell and Boyd p. 65
2002Aviculomonotis Sepkoski
2002Pachypteria Sepkoski
2002Pseudomonotis Sepkoski
2010Pseudomonotis Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyPseudomonotidaeNewell 1938
genusPseudomonotis

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.

G. †Pseudomonotis von Beyrich 1862
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Subg. †Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) Beyrich 1862
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Invalid names: Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby 1829 [synonym], Monotis garforthensis King 1850 [synonym], Ostrea matercula de Verneuil 1845 [synonym], Pseudomonotis radialis Phillips 1834 [synonym]
Pseudomonotis aueri Wittenburg 1908
Pseudomonotis austriaca Bittner 1900
Pseudomonotis beedei Newell 1938
Pseudomonotis boreas Oeberg 1877
Pseudomonotis caucasica Wittenburg 1913
Pseudomonotis dubiosa Bittner 1901
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Invalid names: Pseudomonotis kansasensis Beede 1900 [synonym], Pseudomonotis tenuistriata Beede 1899 [synonym]
Pseudomonotis gigantea Waagen 1881
Pseudomonotis hawni Meek and Hayden 1858
Pseudomonotis immanis Gemmellaro 1896
Pseudomonotis kumpani Fedotov 1932
Pseudomonotis leptopleura Wittenburg 1908
Pseudomonotis loczyi Bittner 1901
Pseudomonotis millhorni Hoare et al. 1978
Pseudomonotis nigricans Stefanini 1939
Pseudomonotis ochotica Keyserling 1848
Pseudomonotis praecursor Mather 1915
Pseudomonotis robusta Beede 1890
Pseudomonotis sayrei Newell 1938
Pseudomonotis spinosa Sayre 1930
Pseudomonotis toulai Gemmellaro 1896
Invalid names: Aviculomonotis Grabau 1931 [synonym], Pachypteria Koninck 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height124.0----
shell height543.011.0135.051.052.5
valve height6024.05.10103.022.524.5

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Valanginian or 340.00000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (341 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Pachypteria sp. (28383)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Alabama) P. sp. (2854)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (5725)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) P. sp. (64909)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) P. sp. (76171)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (Utah) P. equistriata, P. kansasensis (39993 39994) P. kansasensis (39995) P. sp., P. equistriata (39984)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) P. millhorni (79350)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) P. kansasensis (157612)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Utah) P. sp. (39917 39922)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. equistriata (146828) P. hawni (156695 156699 156715)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) P. laevis (4097)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland P. sp. (113006)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) P. sp., P. laevis (4091)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France P. similis (12340 12363)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania P. tendagurensis (79094)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (212015 212016)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (1570)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (212028 212031 212032)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Tanzania P. tendagurensis (35568 79023 79029 79087 79091 79267)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (83943)