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Orthoyoldia psammotaea

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Yoldia psammotaea was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Orthoyoldia psammotaea by Gardner (1945).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Yoldia franciscoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Yoldia psammotaea Dall p. 596
1919Yoldia psammotaea Harris p. 72
1945Orthoyoldia psammotaea Gardner p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusOrthoyoldiaVerrill 1897
speciespsammotaea(Dall 1898)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (7788 7789)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Yoldia psammotaea (98649)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (1437 1441 81258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (1445 1446 1447 1448)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (1449 1450 1451 205520 205533) Yoldia psammotaea (90455 90651)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (1454 1455)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (41426 41431 41432 41433 41436 41438 41439 41441 41443)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (43041)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (2434 205535)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Yoldia psammotaea (98769 98940 98943 98947 106950 106951)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (7437 7438 7439 41427 205422 205430 205460 205480 205482 205515 205531) Yoldia psammotaea (90454 90656 90885 91814)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Yoldia psammotaea (91118 92198 92488 99098)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Orthoyoldia psammotaea (2422) Yoldia psammotaea (90469 90603 98355)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Yoldia psammotaea (91084)