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Euchondria weanensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Euchondriidae

Taxonomy
Euchondria weanensis was named by Campbell and Engel (1963). Its type specimen is F.7258 UNE, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is L76, Rangari Section, 6.2 km north, 2.5 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Euchondria weanensis Campbell and Engel pp. 97-98 figs. pl. 9 f. 1-16

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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
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderEntoliidina
superfamilyEuchondrioideaNewell 1938
familyEuchondriidae
genusEuchondria
speciesweanensis

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.

Euchondria weanensis Campbell and Engel 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Australia (New South Wales) Euchondria weanensis (type locality: 75621)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Euchondria weanensis (75614)