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Pseudomonotis hawni

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Taxonomy
Monotis hawni was named by Meek and Hayden (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Smoky Hill Fork, Kansas River, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Herington Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Pseudomonotis hawni by Newell (1938) and Clifton (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. doneziana, P. kittli, P. lieberti, P. papyria, P. papyrica, P. permiana, P. artica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Monotis hawni Meek and Hayden
1938Pseudomonotis hawni Newell p. 94 figs. Pl 17, fig 11; pl 18, figs 8-16
1942Pseudomonotis hawni Clifton p. 690 figs. Pl 101, fig 31

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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
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyPseudomonotidaeNewell 1938
genusPseudomonotis
specieshawni(Meek and Hayden 1858)

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.

†Pseudomonotis hawni Meek and Hayden 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height133.8

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Noginskian to the top of the Kungurian or 301.20000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Pseudomonotis hawni (156695 156699 156715)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Pseudomonotis hawni (71993)
Virgilian - Wolfcampian303.7 - 286.0USA (Texas) Pseudomonotis hawni (1085)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Pseudomonotis hawni (11695 11774)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Pseudomonotis hawni (12315 12324 12392)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Monotis hawni (type locality: 115882)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Pseudomonotis hawni (90740 90745 90747 90749 90750)