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Orthoyoldia

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Orthoyoldia was named by Verrill (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1248]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) by Kafanov et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Gardner (1945), Vokes (1980); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Yoldia by Kafanov et al. (2005); and to Yoldiidae by Mikkelsen (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Orthoyoldia Verrill
1945Orthoyoldia Gardner p. 49
1980Orthoyoldia Vokes p. 6
2002Orthoyoldia Sepkoski
2005Yoldia (Orthoyoldia) Kafanov et al. p. 6
2006Orthoyoldia Mikkelsen

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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
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusOrthoyoldiaVerrill 1897

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. Orthoyoldia Verrill 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Tennessee) Yoldia kindlei (90675)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Louisiana) Yoldia kindlei (98775)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Yoldia kindlei (52190 52191)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) O. psammotaea (7788 7789)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) Yoldia psammotaea (98649)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) O. psammotaea (1437 1441 81258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) O. psammotaea (1445 1446 1447 1448)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Louisiana) O. psammotaea (1454 1455)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) O. psammotaea (1449 1450 1451 205520 205533) O. sp. (205496 205503 205504 205532 205537) Yoldia psammotaea (90455 90651)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) O. petropolitana (41435) O. psammotaea (41426 41431 41432 41433 41436 41438 41439 41441 41443)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) O. psammotaea (43041)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) O. psammotaea (2434 205535) Yoldia rubamnis (178662)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Yoldia claibornensis (92487) Yoldia psammotaea (91118 92488 99098) Yoldia sp. (92492) Yoldia sp. B, Yoldia psammotaea (92198)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Yoldia psammotaea (98769 98940 98943 98947 106950 106951) Yoldia sp. C (91115)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) O. psammotaea (7437 7438 7439 41427 205460 205482 205515 205531) O. sp. (205267 205410 205414 205484 205486) O. sp., O. psammotaea (205422 205430 205480) Yoldia psammotaea (90454 90656 90885 91814)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) O. claibornensis (205438) O. psammotaea (2422) O. sp. (205489) Yoldia psammotaea (90603 98355) Yoldia sp. A, Yoldia psammotaea (90469) Yoldia sp. D (98273)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Yoldia rubamnis, Yoldia sp. E, Yoldia psammotaea (91084)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Japan Yoldia haboroensis (70424)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Yoldia quiba (66790)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica O. ovalis (69089 69090 69093 69094) Yoldia ovalis (58522)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) Yoldia franciscoi (41651)