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Myodakryotus deigryn

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Myodakryotidae

Taxonomy
Myodakryotus deigryn was named by Tunnicliff (1987). Its type specimen is BGS GSM 22040, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Allt-Tair-ffynon Beds at Allt y Gadair, which is in a Longvillian marine mudstone in the Allt-Tair-Ffynnon Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Myodakryotus, Myodakryotus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Myodakryotus deigryn Tunnicliff pp. 685 - 686 figs. pl. 77 f. 1-10; txt. f. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
familyMyodakryotidae
genusMyodakryotus
speciesdeigryn

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.

Myodakryotus deigryn Tunnicliff 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height330.427.435.528.84.36
valve diagonal330.527.935.528.84.19

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 09:14:10
Modified: 2010-02-16 03:18:02
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Longvillian or 457.20000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) Myodakryotus deigryn (type locality: 13832)
Longvillian - Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Myodakryotus deigryn (13835)