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Aviculopecten appalachianus
Taxonomy
Aviculopecten appalachianus was named by Hoare et al. (1978). Its type specimen is OSU 27275, a shell (left valve), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Vel-2. The abandoned strip mine SW¼, Sec. 26, Elk Township, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in the Vanport Formation of Ohio.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. aguisgranensis, A. americanum, A. bellus, A. carboniferum, A. clathratus, A. coelatus, A. colletti, A. delepinei, A. dissimilis, A. dissimilis, A. equilatera, A. fallax, A. fimbriatus, A. forbesi, A. gentilis, A. grandicosta, A. gravidus, A. halli, A. herzeri, A. illinoisensis, A. incertus, A. incrassatus, A. intercostatus, A. interstitialis, A. invalidus, A. jemsensis, A. knockonniensis, A. kokscharoffi, A. lineolata, A. losseni, A. lyelli, A. lyelliformis, A. marbuti, A. monroensis, A. multicostata, A. murchisoni, A. nexilis, A. nobilis, A. nodocostata, A. ornatus, A. planoclathratus, A. plicatus, A. princeps, A. providencesis, A. quadrarius, A. rectalaterarius, A. rectilaterarius, A. sedgwicki, A. semicostatus, A. serratus, A. spinuliferus, A. tabulatus, A. tenuis, A. tenuistriatus, A. texanus, A. tomlinsoni, A. transversus, A. ufensis, A. wellsi, A. wimensis, A. wymmensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Aviculopecten appalachianus Hoare et al. pp. 1026 - 1029 figs. pl. 1 f. 11-13 |
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†Aviculopecten appalachianus Hoare et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. D. Hoare et al. 1978 | Shell medium-sized, slightly prosocline, moderately convex; anterior umbonal fold strongly developed, posterior fold distinct
but more gentle; anterior auricle with 5-6 rounded primary costae and posterior auricle large and acuminate with 6-8 fine faint paracostae; umbonal angle averages 86"; body costae narrow, rounded to flat topped, numbering up to 50; posterior body costae not enlarged; no evidence of spines on valves; concentric growth lamellae numbering up to 16 per 2.0 mm on valve and auricles. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atokan to the top of the Desmoinesian or 318.60000 to 306.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Atokan | USA (Ohio) | Aviculopecten appalachianus (71971) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Ohio) | Aviculopecten appalachianus (64909 79388 type locality: 79390) |