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Taxonomy
Ostreola was named by Monterosato (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Ostreinae by Moore (1987); to Ostreidae by Todd (2001); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Ostreinae by Moore (1987); to Ostreidae by Todd (2001); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Ostrea venturana (238137 238169 238170 238180 238182 238184) | |
| Serravallian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | O. sp. (135818) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | O. sp. (136016 145520) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | O. sp. (79987) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Darien) | O. sp. (131199 136007 136033 136104 136122) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | O. sp. (135816) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Panama (Bocas) | O. sp. (135839) | |
| Zanclean | Panama (Bocas) | O. sp. (135832) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | O. sp. (79992 79993) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | O. lixula (131210) |