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Dicranodonta

Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae

Taxonomy
Dicranodonta was named by Woods (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-u K Apti Sepkoski's reference number: 663].

It was assigned to Cucullaeidae by Vokes (1980); and to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Dicranodonta Woods p. 53
1980Dicranodonta Vokes p. 17
2002Dicranodonta Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCucullaeidaeStewart 1930
genusDicranodontaWoods 1899

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. †Dicranodonta Woods 1899
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Dicranodonta dowlingi McLearn 1919
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-17 23:12:32
Modified: 2010-02-18 07:12:32
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Albian or 154.80000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation (Siberia) D. sp. (58773 58775)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom (England) D. vagans (69134)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0United Kingdom (England) D. vagans (69128 69135)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Greenland D. groenlandica (82615 82617 82618 82619)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05United Kingdom (England) D. benniworthensis (69126)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (Alberta) D. dowlingi (99351)