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Entolioides utahensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae

Taxonomy
Pecten utahensis was named by Meek (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Summit Spring Pass, which is in an Olenekian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Aviculopecten utahensis by Meek (1876), Meek (1877); it was recombined as Entolioides utahensis by Newell and Boyd (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Pecten utahensis Meek p. 310
1876Aviculopecten utahensis Meek p. 354 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
1877Aviculopecten utahensis Meek p. 95 figs. Pl 9, fig 7
1995Entolioides utahensis Newell and Boyd p. 76 fig. 54

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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
genusEntolioidesAllasinaz 1972
speciesutahensis()

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.

†Entolioides utahensis Meek 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height633.521.049.035.010.9

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 04:59:44
Modified: 2010-02-19 03:36:00
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7USA (Montana) Entolioides utahensis (44303)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Entolioides utahensis (44301 115801)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7USA (Nevada) Entolioides utahensis (44334) Pecten utahensis (142652)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Montana) Entolioides utahensis (94879)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Entolioides utahensis (44302)