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Gryphaeostrea vomer

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphaea vomer was named by Morton (1828) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coast.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ostrea vomer by de Gregario (1890); it was recombined as Gryphaeostrea vomer by Stephenson (1941) and Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. elderi, G. nationsi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Gryphaea vomer Morton p. 83
1865Ostrea (Gryphaeostrea) subeversa Conrad p. 15
1890Ostrea vomer de Gregario p. 178
1941Gryphaeostrea vomer Stephenson p. 118
1965Gryphaeostrea vomer Palmer and Brann p. 157

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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
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyGryphaeostreinaeStenzel 1971
genusGryphaeostreaConrad 1865
speciesvomer(Morton 1828)

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.

†Gryphaeostrea vomer Morton 1828
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Invalid names: Ostrea (Gryphaeostrea) subeversa Conrad 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 72.10000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (163 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Danian100.5 - 61.6USA (Texas) Gryphaeostrea vomer (98859 99050 99051)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Eocene100.5 - 48.6USA (Texas) Gryphaeostrea vomer (98792)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Eocene100.5 - 48.6USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (101338 101349)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Gryphaeostrea vomer (6155 6156 6157 6171 6172 6176)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Gryphaeostrea vomer (6662 6665 6666)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (3870 3877)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1306 1307 83239)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1348)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1304 1305 1391)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1296 1298 1299 1300 1395 4527 4530 7452 7492)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1309)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1302 4388 4389 4390)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1313 4380 26818)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Gryphaeostrea vomer (1295)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4104 4105 4109 4110 4111 4112 4113 4116)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4238 4245)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4175 4177 4178 4179 4180 4182 4184 4187 4189 4192 4193 4194 4197 4199 4201 4202 4205 4206 4207 4213 4214 4215 4216 4220 4224 4225 4226 4227 4230 4233 83225 83237 83238)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4377 124937)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4393 4395 4396 4397 4399 4400 4404 4412 4413 4414 4424 4438 4457 4458 4459 4460 4472 4473 4475 4485 4489 4490 4491 4496 4503 4504 4505 4507 4508 4511 4522)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4385 4386)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4366 4371 4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Gryphaeostrea vomer (4106 4126 4129 4136 4137 4138 4140 4141 4142 4143 4144 4146 4152 4155 4157 4160 4162 4163 4164 4167 4168 4171)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Gryphaeostrea vomer (83261 83292 83293 83295 83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (101342 101351 124963)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (North Carolina) Gryphaeostrea vomer (99440)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (3113 101328 124966)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Gryphaeostrea vomer (91709)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (New Jersey) Gryphaeostrea vomer (124967)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Ostrea subeversa (41928 41929)