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Pseudoptera

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoptera was named by Meek (1873) [Sepkoski's age data: K Nc K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 159,790]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Avicula (Pseudoptera) by Meek (1873); it was reranked as Pteria (Pseudoptera) by Meek (1876); it was reranked as Gervillia (Pseudoptera) by Woods (1911); it was reranked as Tardinacara (Pseudoptera) by Elias (1931).

It was assigned to Avicula by Meek (1873); to Pteria by Meek (1876); to Gervillia by Woods (1911); to Tardinacara by Elias (1931); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bakevelliidae by Vokes (1980), El Qot (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Avicula (Pseudoptera) Meek
1873Pseudoptera Meek
1876Pteria (Pseudoptera) Meek
1911Gervillia (Pseudoptera) Woods p. 278
1931Tardinacara (Pseudoptera) Elias
1980Pseudoptera Vokes p. 39
2002Pseudoptera Sepkoski
2006Pseudoptera El Qot p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusPseudopteraMeek 1873

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. †Pseudoptera Meek 1873
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†Pseudoptera anomala Sowerby 1836
†Pseudoptera coerulescens Nilsson 1827
†Pseudoptera securiformis Stephenson 1956
†Pseudoptera subtortuosa Meek and Hayden 1856
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Invalid names: Gervillia recta Meek and Hayden 1861 [synonym]
†Pseudoptera themedensis El Qot 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 02:20:46
Modified: 2007-11-26 09:50:53
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Ypresian or 180.40000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France Gervillia subtortuosa (51501)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Japan (Iwate) P. viana, P. elongata (39966)
Hauterivian - Aptian132.6 - 113.2South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Pteria sp. (209141)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Lebanon P. sp. (69180)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) P. subdepressa (1745 1772 1835)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Italy (Sardinia) P. anomala (2091)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) P. anomala (6280)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany P. glabra (66776 66779)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Ishikari) P. acuticarinata (39578)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) P. hornensis (6465 6467 6503) P. hornesis (4651) P. rushana (4645 4652 6476) P. serrata (4641 4648 6604) P. viana (4638 4656 4660 6574 6630)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) P. sp. (3075 3079)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt P. anomala (114874)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) P. sp. (3288 3323)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Bolivia P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (229871)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) P. propleura (54154 55634) P. sp. (2171)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Gervillia sp. (210159)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt P. themedensis (114815)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Peru P. viana (61997)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Ishikari) P. acuticarinata (39577)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) P. sp. (185409)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria P. raricosta (114268)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Alabama) P. securiformis (5168 5191)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) P. securiformis (5159 5161 5189)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (6660)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatachewan) Gervillia recta (234104)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) P. subtortuosa (88510 88511 88512)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland P. coerulescens (27818 27822)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany P. coerulescens (1349) P. raricosta (1342)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Algeria P. sowerbyi (1344)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Normandy) P. coerulescens (1325)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) P. sp. (47112 47115)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom (England) P. coerulescens (1389)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland P. coerulescens (1321)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) P. subtortuosa (1339)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Serbia P. orientalis (1380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Kazakhstan P. coerulescens (1343)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) P. subtortuosa (1320)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (205512)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Pteria petropolitana (84337)