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Entolium demissus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Taxonomy
Pecten demissus was named by Phillips (1835). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Amussium (Entolium).

It was recombined as Entolium demissum by Weir (1930); it was recombined as Entolium demissus by Stilwell (1998), Scholz et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Pecten demissus Phillips
1835Pecten demissus Phillips p. 112 figs. Pl. 6, Fig. 5
1930Entolium demissum Weir
1998Entolium demissus Stilwell p. 39
2008Entolium demissus Scholz et al.

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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)
suborderEntoliidina
superfamilyEntolioideaTeppner 1922
familyEntoliidaeKorobkov 1960
genusEntolium()
speciesdemissus(Phillips 1835)

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.

†Entolium demissus Phillips 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2004-02-29 16:58:42
Modified: 2004-02-29 18:58:42
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Valanginian or 199.50000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile (Taltal) Entolium demissum (210055)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Entolium demissum (162065 162066)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Entolium demissum (25942)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Spain Entolium demissum (114368 119582 119589 119591)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Spain Entolium demissum (119577)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Atacama) Entolium demissum (221836)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain Entolium demissum (119595 119596 119597 119598 119599 119600 119601 119602 119603 119604)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Entolium demissum (220489 220490)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Entolium demissum (220494 220499)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Germany Entolium demissum (228458)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France Entolium demissum (21269)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Chile (Coquimbo) Entolium demissum (221547)
Bajocian - Callovian170.9 - 161.5Chile (Coquimbo) Entolium demissum (221524)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Kenya Entolium demissum (99861 99862 99867)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Pecten demissus (212007)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Kenya Entolium demissum (99857)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Entolium demissum (94519)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Egypt Pecten demissus (171262)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Kenya Entolium demissum (99842)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Svalbard and Jan Mayen Pecten demissus (212008)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Kenya Entolium demissum (99838)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Eritrea Entolium demissum (94568 94575)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Entolium demissum (94572)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Svalbard and Jan Mayen Pecten demissus (213102)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Spain Entolium demissum (142601 142602)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) Entolium demissum (58782)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Svalbard and Jan Mayen Pecten demissus (213104)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Georgia Entolium demissum (57790)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1China Entolium demissum (64877)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation Entolium demissum (2489)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Entolium demissum (64301 64309)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Entolium demissum (2509)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Entolium demissum (2466 2473)