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Australoneilo

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Australoneilo was named by Zinsmeister (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 890]. Its type is Australoneilo rossi.

It was reranked as Neilo (Australoneilo) by Darragh (1994).

It was assigned to Neilo by Darragh (1994); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Malletiinae by Zinsmeister (1984), Stilwell et al. (2004).

Species
A. casei, A. gracilis, A. rossi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Australoneilo Zinsmeister
1994Neilo (Australoneilo) Darragh p. 79
2002Australoneilo Sepkoski
2004Australoneilo Stilwell et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusAustraloneiloZinsmeister 1984

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.

G. †Australoneilo Zinsmeister 1984
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†Australoneilo casei Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988
†Australoneilo gracilis Wilckens 1907
†Australoneilo rossi Zinsmeister 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height150.0
valve diagonal1275.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 72.20000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Malletia gracilis (235519)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (San Luis) Malletia gracilis (235482)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. gracilis (73961)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina A. gracilis (1357 1371)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. gracilis (63513)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) A. gracilis (74092) Malletia gracilis (231701 231704)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. gracilis (74016 74029)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) A. gracilis (73885 73889 73902 73905 73909 73910 73911 73912 73913 73914 73915 73916 73918 73920 73921 73922 73937 73938 73940 73941 73942 73978 73979 73981 73993 74046)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) A. gracilis (74151)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. sp. (8019)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica A. casei (67035) A. gracilis (67031 67033 67036 67039 67040 67047)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. gracilis (3177)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Argentina Malletia gracilis (99258)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. sp., A. casei (63516)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. rossi (63548 63549 63550)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. rossi (63551)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. sp. (52768)