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Eoastartinae

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

Taxonomy
Eoastartidae was named by Newell and Boyd (1975).

It was synonymized subjectively with Schizodidae by Bouchet et al. (2010); it was reranked as the subfamily Eoastartinae by Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Trigonioidea by Newell and Boyd (1975) and Nevesskaja (2009); and to Schizodidae by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Eoastartidae Newell and Boyd p. 130
2009Eoastartidae Nevesskaja
2011Eoastartinae Carter et al. p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familySchizodidae
subfamilyEoastartinae()
subfamilyEoastartinae()

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.

Subfm. †Eoastartinae Newell and Boyd 1975
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G. †Eoastarte Ciriacks 1963
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Eoastarte primaeva Waagen 1881
Eoastarte subcircularis Ciriacks 1963
G. †Kaibabella Chronic 1952
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Subg. †Kaibabella (Flattopia) Waterhouse 1987
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Kaibabella (Flattopia) axinia Waterhouse 1987
Kaibabella basilica Newell and Boyd 1975
Kaibabella boydi Waterhouse 1983
Kaibabella curvilenata Chronic 1952
Kaibabella ovata Waterhouse 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Virgilian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Eoastarte sp. (156699)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Mexico Eoastarte subcircularis (117974)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Utah) Eoastarte subcircularis (11272)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Eoastarte subcircularis (115796)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Eoastarte subcircularis (105853) Kaibabella basilica (115798) Kaibabella basilica, Eoastarte subcircularis (43517)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Wyoming) Eoastarte subcircularis (105373) Eoastarte subcircularis, Kaibabella sp. (81512)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Utah) Eoastarte subcircularis (88664)
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (New Mexico) Kaibabella curvilenata (115795)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Eoastarte subcircularis (43512 43518)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Queensland) Kaibabella boydi (105126 105128 105129 105138) Kaibabella ovata (105139)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) Kaibabella curvilenata (39999 40000 40001 115797)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Qinghai) Kaibabella curvilenata, Kaibabella schizodiiformis (112860)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Kaibabella axinia (98100 101570 120330 120332 120335 120336 120339 120340 120379 120535 120539)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Gouldia primaeva (119554 126898)