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Eurydesma burnettensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae

Taxonomy
Eurydesma burnettensis was named by Waterhouse (1986). Its type specimen is UQF 43148 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UQ L2067, Yarrol, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Burnett Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Eurydesma burnettensis Waterhouse p. 4
1987Eurydesma burnettensis Waterhouse p. 140

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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)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
superfamilyEurydesmatoideaReed 1932
familyEurydesmatidae(Reed 1932)
genusEurydesma
speciesburnettensis

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.

†Eurydesma burnettensis Waterhouse 1986
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Australia (Queensland) Eurydesma playfordi (58078)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Queensland) Eurydesma hobartense (144839 144840 144841 type locality: 144842 144843) Eurydesma playfordi (144844)