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Taxonomy
Modiola ameghinoi was named by Ihering (1907) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Patagonia, Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Modiolus ameghinoi by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999).
It was recombined as Modiolus ameghinoi by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. altijugatus, M. arcacea, M. baylei, M. beirensis, M. blandus, M. capensis, M. ducatelli, M. eberstadtensis, M. flagellifer, M. formosissimus, M. gammalensis, M. gibbosus, M. harrimani, M. inbricatus, M. jolyi, M. kremmlingensis, M. lobatus, M. mediocarinatus, M. minalatus, M. mingaudi, M. minuta, M. ornatus, M. parallelus, M. parvoblongus, M. perryi, M. purpuratus, M. qinghaiensis, M. romani, M. rusticus, M. sestiniae, M. siliquus, M. subimbricatus, M. sukuboensis, M. suprarectus, M. thiollierei, M. thiollieri, M. thomsoni, M. transiens, M. trequetra, M. triangulus, M. wanizakiensis, M. waverliensis, M. nysti, M. lorioli, M. semicircularis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1907 | Modiola ameghinoi Ihering |
1992 | Modiolus ameghinoi Stilwell and Zinsmeister pp. 58-59 |
1999 | Modiolus ameghinoi Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 21 |
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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.
†Modiolus ameghinoi Ihering 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Oligocene | Argentina | Modiolus ameghinoi (66146 71402) | |
Oligocene | Argentina (Santa Curz) | Modiolus ameghinoi (48067) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Modiolus ameghinoi (48068) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina | Modiolus ameghinoi (71403 71429 71539 71540) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Modiolus ameghinoi (78426 78427 78428) |