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Prothyris
Taxonomy
Prothyris was named by Meek (1871).
It was reranked as Solen (Prothyris) by Elias (1957).
It was assigned to Solen by Elias (1957); to Grammysiidae by Hoare et al. (1989); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Grammysiinae by Machado et al. (2021).
It was reranked as Solen (Prothyris) by Elias (1957).
It was assigned to Solen by Elias (1957); to Grammysiidae by Hoare et al. (1989); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Grammysiinae by Machado et al. (2021).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1871 | Prothyris Meek |
| 1871 | Prothyris (Prothyris) Meek |
| 1957 | Solen (Prothyris) Elias p. 743 |
| 1989 | Prothyris Hoare et al. p. 594 |
| 2002 | Prothyris Sepkoski |
| 2021 | Prothyris Machado et al. p. 32 |
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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.
G. †Prothyris Meek 1871
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Subg. †Prothyris (Amphikoilum) Novojilov 1956
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†Prothyris (Amphikoilum) bilobata Pogorevitsch 1975
Subg. †Prothyris (Lophoprothyris) Hoare et al. 1989
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†Prothyris (Lophoprothyris) crista Hoare et al. 1989
†Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata Busanus and Hoare 1991
†Prothyris (Prothyris) cilindricus Muromtseva and Guskov 1984
†Prothyris contorta Whidborne 1896
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Invalid names: Prothyris bergica Drevermann 1902 [synonym], Prothyris scalprata Whidborne 1896 [synonym], Sanguinolites mimus Whidborne 1896 [synonym]
†Prothyris elongatus Biakov 2009
†Prothyris meeki Winchell in Meek 1875
†Prothyris recta Whidborne 1896
†Prothyris soleniformis Elias 1957
†Prothyris stubblefieldi Wilson 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 3 | 4.25 | 2.50 | 7.00 | 4.40 | 2.26 |
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Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Kungurian or 419.62000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections (34 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lochkovian | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (75630) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Antarctica | P. darlingensis (35566) | |
| Emsian | New Zealand | P. sp. (40529) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | United Kingdom (England) | P. plicata (38385) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | P. lanceolata (89876 89886 89927 96357 96365 96379 96387 111331) | |
| Early/Lower Frasnian | USA (New York) | P. sp. (65400) | |
| Frasnian | France | P. sp. 2 (38685) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | United Kingdom (England) | P. contorta (38422) P. contorta, Sanguinolites mimus (38425 38427) | |
| Mississippian | USA (California) | P. meeki (214521) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Virginia) | P. sp. (73202) | |
| Chesterian | USA (West Virginia) | P. acuticarinata (92956 92967 92974) P. sp. (92970) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Oklahoma) | Solen soleniformis (5611) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Arkansas) | P. crista (5518) P. sp., P. soleniformis, P. crista (5517) | |
| Arnsbergian | United Kingdom (England) | P. scotica (162361) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Kentucky) | P. sp. (195795) | |
| Missourian | USA (Maryland) | P. singewaldi (118828) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Maryland) | P. singewaldi (118827) | |
| Gzhelian - Asselian | Russian Federation | P. elongatus (202199) | |
| Kungurian | Russian Federation | P. bilobata (114403) P. cilindricus (114418 114419) |