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Obliquipecten

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy
Obliquipecten was named by Hind (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chaenocardiidae by Newell and Boyd (1995); to Chaenocardiinae by Vokes (1980) and Waterhouse (2001); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
O. granti, O. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Obliquipecten Hind
1980Obliquipecten Vokes p. 48
1995Obliquipecten Newell and Boyd p. 82
2001Obliquipecten Waterhouse p. 126
2002Obliquipecten 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
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyAviculopectinidae
subfamilyChaenocardiinaeMiller 1889
genusObliquipectenHind 1903

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. †Obliquipecten Hind 1903
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†Obliquipecten granti Newell and Boyd 1995
†Obliquipecten laevis Hind 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height220.819.621.920.81.63
valve height1819.98.5034.321.87.59

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 04:31:45
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:31:45
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Visean to the top of the Capitanian or 346.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) O. costatus (211905) O. sp. (211907)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (8619)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (162355)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Mexico O. sp. (117974)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) O. granti (43491 43492 43495 43497 43513 43517 105931)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) O. granti (43548 43553 81645 81671 81693 101767 101807 102602)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) O. granti (43550 81709 105764 105821)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) O. laevis (109610)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17USA (Wyoming) Monopteria sp. (87153) O. sp. (96805 105352)