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Ferganea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Ferganea was named by Vyalov (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol]. It is not extant. Its type is Fergania reducta.

It was assigned to Ostreinae by Cox et al. (1971); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Ferganea Vyalov p. 19
1971Ferganea Cox et al. p. N1143
2002Fergania Sepkoski

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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
genusFerganeaVyalov 1936

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. †Ferganea Vyalov 1936
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Japan (Hyogo) F. sp. (102041)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Xinjiang) F. bashibulakeensis, F. ferganensis, F. sewerzowii (77853)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Xinjiang) F. sewerzowii (77854)