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Yoldia cupressensis

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae

Taxonomy

Yoldia cupressensis was named by Russell and Landes (1937) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. Its type specimen is GSC 9340, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Y. breweri, Y. clallamensis, Y. emersoni, Y. frater, Y. knoxensis, Y. leurovata, Y. longa, Y. multiconcentrica, Y. oblongoides, Y. palachei, Y. praeposneri, Y. septariana, Y. sobrina, Y. soror, Y. subacuta, Y. franciscoi, Y. siliqua, Y. caudata, Y. kovatschensis, Y. posneri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1937	Yoldia cupressensis Russell and Landes p. 134 figs. pl. 1, figs 7, 8

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Protobranchia	(Pelseneer 1889)
superorder	Nuculaniformii	Carter et al. 2000
order	Nuculanida	(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamily	Nuculanoidea	Adams and Adams 1858
family	Yoldiidae	Habe 1977
genus	Yoldia	Möller 1842
species	cupressensis

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.

†Yoldia cupressensis Russell and Landes 1937

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

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:

inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

deposit feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:24:31

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:24:41

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	Yoldia cupressensis (82644 82645)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Saskatachewan)	Yoldia cupressensis (234104)