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Aviculopecten sumnerensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy

Aviculopecten sumnerensis was named by Newell (1938). Its type specimen is U. Kans. 371.1 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Spence Siding, Washington County, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Herington Formation of Kansas.

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
1938	Aviculopecten sumnerensis Newell p. 61 figs. Pl 6, figs 17,18

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Aviculopectinoidea	Meek and Hayden 1864
family	Aviculopectinidae
genus	Aviculopecten
species	sumnerensis

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.

†Aviculopecten sumnerensis Newell 1938

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Composition 2:

low Mg calcitef

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-10-05 04:31:45

Modified:

2007-10-05 06:31:45

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	USA (Kansas)	Aviculopecten sumnerensis (type locality: 115884)
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	USA (Texas)	Aviculopecten sumnerensis (82275)