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Flemingostrea

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

Taxonomy
Flemingostrea was named by Vredenburg (1916) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno T Mi]. It is the type genus of Flemingostreini.

It was reranked as Ostrea (Flemingostrea) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1927).

It was assigned to Ostrea by Cossmann and Pissarro (1927); to Ostreinae by Vokes (1980), Beu et al. (1990); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Flemingostreini by Cox et al. (1971), Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Flemingostrea Vredenburg
1927Ostrea (Flemingostrea) Cossmann and Pissarro p. 9
1971Flemingostrea Cox et al. p. N1150
1980Flemingostrea Vokes p. 66
1990Flemingostrea Beu et al. p. 396
2002Flemingostrea Sepkoski
2010Flemingostrea Bouchet et al.

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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

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. †Flemingostrea Vredenburg 1916
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Flemingostrea cretacea Morton 1834
Flemingostrea haydeni Cossmann and Pissarro 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height525.419.032.526.05.53

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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Chattian or 100.50000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) Ostrea prudentia (1987 1989 1990)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) F. prudentia (53488 53489 53492)
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 (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)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Ostrea cretacea (5159 5161 5189 5190)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) F. blackensis (7619) F. blackensis, F. pratti (7610) F. blackensis, F. subspatulata (7620) F. sp. (7613 7621 7626) F. subspatulata (7617 7623 7625 7627) Ostrea cretacea (123474 190550 190551 190552 190554)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Ostrea cretacea (239753)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) F. subspatula (55245) Ostreidae indet. (76745)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) F. pratti, F. subspatulata (7468) F. subspatulata (7467 7470)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) F. sp. (79364)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) F. sp. (4261)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Afghanistan Ostrea cretacea (186345)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) F. blackensis (7616) F. pratti, F. subspatulata (7630) F. subspatulata (7614 7615 7629)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) F. subspatula (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) F. subspatula (1303)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) F. subspatula (1311)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) F. rionegrensis (1357)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico F. subspatula (1356)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) F. subspatula (1302)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) F. subspatulata (87252)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) F. subspatula (1296 1393)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) F. subspatula (1308)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Gujarat) F. sp. (171803)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Pakistan Ostrea pharaonum (77287)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0India F. haydeni (145510)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Xinjiang) F. hemiglobosa (77846)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9China F. kaschgarica (111539) F. kaschgarica, F. schurabica (111538)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (North Island) F. wollastoni (204564 205949)