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Flemingostrea cretacea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ostrea cretacea was named by Morton (1834). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Flemingostrea cretacea by Malchus (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ostrea cretacea Morton
1956Ostrea cretacea Stephenson p. 239 figs. Pl 40, figs 11,12; pl 42, figs 1-17
1995Flemingostrea cretacea Malchus

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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
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOstreidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOstreinaeRafinesque 1815
genusFlemingostreaVredenburg 1916
speciescretacea(Morton 1834)

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.

†Flemingostrea cretacea Morton 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackishf
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:24:48
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:08:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Ostrea cretacea (80889)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Ostrea cretacea (11215 93949 93950)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Ostrea cretacea (5159 5161 5189 5190)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) Ostrea cretacea (5164 5168 5170 5171 5172 5173 5174 5175 5176 5178 5180 5181 5182 5183 5184 5185 5186 5187 5188 5191 239743 239744 239745)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Ostrea cretacea (123474 190550 190551 190552 190554)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Ostrea cretacea (239753)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Afghanistan Ostrea cretacea (186345)