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Pteronites
Taxonomy
Pteronites was named by McCoy (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise P Guad-u].
It was assigned to Pinnidae by Vokes (1980); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterineidae by Yancey et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Pinnidae by Vokes (1980); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterineidae by Yancey et al. (2022).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1842 | Pteronites McCoy p. 81 |
1980 | Pteronites Vokes p. 29 |
2002 | Pteronites Sepkoski |
2022 | Pteronites Yancey et al. p. 146 |
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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. †Pteronites McCoy 1842
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†Pteronites magnus Biakov 2013
†Pteronites timanicus Maslennikov 1935
†Pteronites zhongshengongensis Lu 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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valve height | 3 | 39.4 | 16.2 | 70.0 | 54.0 | 27.6 |
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Changhsingian or 433.40000 to 252.17000 Ma
Collections (42 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Wenlock | China (Jiangsu) | P. sp. (27751) | |
Famennian - Tournaisian | United Kingdom (England) | P. sp. (38440) | |
Mississippian | USA (California) | P. sp. (10241) | |
Meramecian | Canada (Alberta) | P. sp. (62396) | |
Asbian - Brigantian | Germany (Westfalen) | P. lepidus (5535) | |
Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | P. latus (73423) | |
Serpukhovian | USA (Oklahoma) | P. angustatus (5611) | |
Moscovian | USA (Kentucky) | P. sp. (195795) | |
Kasimovian - Gzhelian | USA (Utah) | P. sp. (39995) | |
Missourian | USA (Texas) | P. percuta (217918) | |
Gzhelian | USA (Utah) | P. sp. (39917 39922) | |
Gzhelian | Russian Federation | P. sp. (51474) | |
Virgilian | USA (Illinois) | P. sp. (50219) | |
Virgilian | USA (Texas) | P. percuta (217891 217893 217897 217905 217906 217908 217913 217915 217932 217947 217952 217960 217969 217977 217979 217992 218014 218017 218022 218029 219193) P. sp. (50197) | |
Asselian | Russian Federation | P. magnus (149674 149676) | |
Artinskian | Russian Federation | P. sp. (102162) | |
Kungurian | Russian Federation | P. timanicus (114310) | |
Wuchiapingian | China (Qinghai) | P. zhongshengongensis (112863) | |
Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | P. sp. (112009) |