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Oriocrassatella stokesi

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae

Taxonomy
Oriocrassatella stokesi was named by Etheridge (1907). Its type specimen is NMV P30707, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Head, Port Keats Mission, Bonaparte Gulf, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Lower Marine Beds Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Oriocrassatella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Oriocrassatella stokesi Etheridge Jr. p. 9 figs. Pl 6, figs 2-5
1956Oriocrassatella stokesi Dickins
1996Oriocrassatella stokesi Archbold et al. p. 66 figs. 1A, B, I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderActinodontida()
superfamilyOriocrassatelloidea
familyOriocrassatellidae()
genusOriocrassatella
speciesstokesi

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.

Oriocrassatella stokesi Etheridge Jr. 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1036.526.045.037.55.43
valve height239.038.040.039.01.41

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Oriocrassatella stokesi (83622 107307 107308)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Western Australia) Oriocrassatella stokesi (84343 101204)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Northern Territory) Oriocrassatella stokesi (type locality: 101259)