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Paradoxipecten jiaheensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy

Paradoxipecten jiaheensis was named by Zhang (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China. It is the type species of Paradoxipecten.

Synonyms

Paradoxipecten rarocostatus was named by Zhang (1981). It is a mold. Its type locality is Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paradoxipecten jiaheensis by Fang (1987).
Etheripecten subquadratus was named by Zhang (1981). It is a mold. Its type locality is Yuanjia, Jiahe Region (Longtan Fm), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Longtan Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paradoxipecten jiaheensis by Fang (1987).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1981	Etheripecten subquadratus Zhang p. 262 figs. Pl 2, fig 16
1981	Paradoxipecten jiaheensis Zhang p. 263 figs. Pl 1, figs 13,15-19,21,26
1981	Paradoxipecten rarocostatus Zhang p. 263 figs. Pl 1, figs 20,22-24,27,28
1987	Paradoxipecten jiaheensis Fang p. 374 figs. Pl 3, figs 7-14

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Aviculopectinoidei	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Aviculopectinoidea	Meek and Hayden 1864
family	Aviculopectinidae
genus	Paradoxipecten
species	jiaheensis

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.

†Paradoxipecten jiaheensis Zhang 1981

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Invalid names: Etheripecten subquadratus Zhang 1981 [synonym], Paradoxipecten rarocostatus Zhang 1981 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	8	15.4	5.83	41.1	20.2	12.9

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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Guangdong)	Paradoxipecten jiaheensis (113864)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	China (Hunan)	Paradoxipecten jiaheensis (97261 101951 107816 107820 107824 107826) Paradoxipecten jiaheensis, Paradoxipecten rarocostatus, Etheripecten subquadratus (type locality: 121731)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Guangxi)	Etheripecten subquadratus (149214)