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Polidevcia antequadrata

Bivalvia - Nuculanida

Taxonomy
Polidevcia antequadrata was named by Waterhouse (1964). Its type specimen is NZGS TM3441 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GS6071, Letham Burn (D44/f9622), which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Mangarewa Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Phestia subperlonga, P. acuta, P. insolita, P. omolonica, P. vaseyana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Polidevcia antequadrata Waterhouse p. 639 figs. Pl 96, figs 13-15
1965Polidevcia antequadrata Waterhouse
1980Polidevcia antequadrata Waterhouse p. 101 fig. 1.4
1987Polidevcia antequadrata Waterhouse p. 134 figs. Pl 1, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyPolidevciidae
subfamilyPolidevciinae
genusPolidevcia(Tschernyschev 1943)
speciesantequadrata

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.

†Polidevcia antequadrata Waterhouse 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height810.74.7028.010.46.91

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 266.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) Polidevcia antequadrata (41767 41784)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) Polidevcia antequadrata (type locality: 41777 41778)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Polidevcia antequadrata (120293 120537)