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Promyalina

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

Taxonomy
Promyalina was named by Kittl (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Indu-l Tr Olen]. It is not extant. Its type is Promyalina hindi.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Myalinidae by Vokes (1980), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Promyalina Kittl
1980Promyalina Vokes p. 32
2002Promyalina Sepkoski
2014Promyalina Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyAmbonychioidea(Miller 1877)
familyMyalinidaeFrech 1891
genusPromyalina

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. †Promyalina Kittl 1903
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†Promyalina diana Guo 1985
†Promyalina groenlandica Newell 1955
†Promyalina hindi Kittl 1903
†Promyalina hunanensis Zhang 1977
†Promyalina intermedia Chen 1976
†Promyalina kobjumensis Truschelev 1996
†Promyalina kochi Spath 1930
†Promyalina pavligae Popov 1964
†Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938
†Promyalina schamarae Bittner 1899
†Promyalina spathi Newell and Kummel 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1231.513.460.935.012.7
valve height4821.01.3859.023.612.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Eaton 1871, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Spathian or 283.30000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (331 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hunan) P. hunanensis (123646)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Hunan) P. groenlandica (121731)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Bosnia and Herzegovina P. hindi (206739 206740)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy P. sp. (74939 87192)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) P. sp. (111744)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation (Sakha) Myalina putiatinensis (206757 206758)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) P. sp. (95341)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hunan) P. sp. (121730)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) P. vetusta (98029)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) P. sp. (60533)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Sichuan) P. putiatinensis (205975)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Yunnan) P. putiatinensis, P. schamarae (205965 205967 205968)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Guizhou) P. putiatinensis, P. schamarae (205992) P. putiatinensis, P. schamarae, P. spathi (205993) P. schamarae (205988) P. sp., P. putiatinensis, P. schamarae, P. spathi (205986) P. sp., P. schamarae (205987 205989)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Myalina schamarae (214748) P. putiatinensis (90201) P. schamarae (90207)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) P. sp. (44651)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) P. minuta (112111 112112) P. putiatinensis (151139 151145 200987 200988 200991 200994 200997 201000 201003 201007 205961) P. putiatinensis, P. schamarae (205994) P. schamarae (151149 205960 205991 205995 205997 205998 205999) P. sp. (149286) P. ussurica (151148) P. ussurica, P. schamarae (151147)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China P. putiatinensis (195900)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Myalina schamarae, Myalina kochi (212783) P. degeeri (212072) P. schamarae (182611 182612) P. sp. (212073 212074)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Yunnan) P. diana (98542) P. minuta (112118)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation (Sakha) Myalina putiatinensis (206762)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) P. putiatinensis (96695 187275 187276 187283)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy (Trentino) P. sp. (166562 169491)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India (Kashmir) P. sp. a (131944)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Myalina schamarae (48058 48059 48113 48114 48115 112718 112722 112756 118489 118491 118492 118501 118505 118506 118510 118512 118513 118514 118517 118522 118523 118526 118527 118539 118564 118566 118570 118573 118576 118577 118591 118592 118596 118600 118607 118608 118609 118611 118620 118627 118628 118650 118664 118677 118684 118697 118699 118703 118711 118729 118730 118756 118784) P. groenlandica (115896)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Idaho) P. sp. (33251 33253)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman P. sp. (44766 44772 44773 44774 44776 44778 44781 44784 44788 44792 44795 44801)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Wyoming) P. putiatensis (105378 105379 105382 126588) P. putiatinensis, P. spathi (150701 150704) P. sp. (121326) P. spathi (150705 150706 150710)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) P. intermedia (149106)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) P. sp. (105220 105221)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Montana) Myalina spathi (105392) P. sp. (33244 33248 44491 44492 44493 44494 44495 44499) P. spathi (150714 150715 150716 150717 150718 150722)
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Chongqing) P. putiatinensis, P. schamarae (123717)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Russian Federation P. schamarae (136037 136040 136045 136049 136052 136053) P. vetusta (61960)
Induan251.902 - 249.9USA (Idaho) P. spathi (105398)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Myalina kochi (212933 212966)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Italy (Bolzano) P. sp. (169534)
Induan251.902 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) Myalina schamarae (212889)
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Zhejiang) P. sp. (201714)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Greenland Myalina schamarae (48120)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Vietnam (Ha Giang) P. sp. (201713)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) Myalina schamarae (202937 202940)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Japan (Fukui) P. minuta (39975)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Sichuan) P. putiatinensis (149100)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Italy (Trentino) P. sp. (169493)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) P. sp. (44653 44655 44656)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Greenland Myalina kochi (118589 118715 118721 118722 118740 118742 118780) Myalina schamarae (118493 118670 118735)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Qinghai) P. intermedia (112819) P. putiatinensis (112815) P. putiatinensis, P. intermedia (112816 112820 112821)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation Myalina schamarae (214721 214749) P. pavligae (107026) P. schamarae (90209 102212 107027 107101)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. degeeri (212298) P. sp. (97305)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Utah) P. spathi (150735)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Shaanxi) P. putiatinensis, P. intermedia (150461)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation (Primorye) P. putiatinensis (47245 47261) P. shamarae (47231 47237) P. shamarae, P. putiatinensis (47263)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Idaho) P. putiatensis (105404)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Guangxi) P. sp., P. putiatinensis (121137)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) P. sp. (44500 44501 44502 44503 44504 44505 44506 44507 44508 44510)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation P. kobjumensis (107032) P. kochi (99890) P. pavligae (107020 107105)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Russian Federation (Primorye) P. putiatinensis (47232) P. sp. (47264 47268 47271)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Anhui) P. intermedia (149189)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. degeeri (97311)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Italy (Trentino) P. sp. (169524)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Qinghai) P. putiatinensis (112807) P. putiatinensis, P. intermedia (112810)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7China (Xizang) P. intermedia (150487 150488)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation P. putiatinensis (61961)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Qinghai) P. magni (112805)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Utah) P. putiatensis (62982 62984 62989 63007 63009 63018 63205) P. putiatinensis (62967 62970 62981 63145 63221 64715 122196 122198 122199 122200 122201 122202 122203 122205 122208 122209 141586 141588 141594 141595) P. sp. (32932 32933 32935 32936 32937 32938 32959 32967 32968 32972 44304 44569 44601 44602 44604 44605 44606 44608 62996 62999 63000 63008 63033 63296) P. sp. a (62975 63004 63147) P. sp. a, P. putiatensis (62974) P. sp. a, P. sp. b, P. putiatensis (62977) P. sp. b (63193) P. sp., P. putiatensis (62991 63014 63280) P. sp., P. sp. a (62971 62983) P. sp., P. sp. a, P. sp. b, P. putiatensis (62972) P. spathi (122207)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Anhui) P. putiatensis (149179)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Montana) P. sp. (32974 32975 32979)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Nevada) P. sp. (32943)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) P. sp. (44830)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Japan P. sp. (113887)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Russian Federation Myalina pavligae (214730) P. kochi (99908 99909 99910 99911 99917 99918 99919 107200)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Idaho) P. sp. (32977 44567 44568)