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Parallelodon theodorensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Parallelodon theodorensis was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQ F74304, a valve (Right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4580, quarry along highway north of Theodore, Bowen Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. azzarolae, P. azzouzi, P. baconicum, P. beyerchi, P. beyrichi, P. bistriatus, P. breweriana, P. buchmani, P. buckmani, P. bynei, P. caprinus, P. carbonarius, P. cingulatus, P. cingulatus, P. concinnum, P. corrugatus, P. cumshewaensis, P. curioni, P. curionii, P. currioni, P. cypriniformis, P. esiensis, P. esinense, P. esinensis, P. eudesi, P. formosissima, P. formosissimum, P. formosissimus, P. fossa, P. fraiponti, P. guangxiensis, P. hettangensis, P. hettangiense, P. hexacostata, P. illinoisensis, P. imagnesis, P. imbricarium, P. impressum, P. infraliassicus, P. infrequens, P. insignis, P. irvinensis, P. kingi, P. koikensis, P. louisianensis, P. lutugini, P. luxdorfensis, P. meridionalis, P. mimina, P. obtusus, P. ornatissimus, P. pindiroensis, P. productum, P. pullus, P. pumilus, P. quichaurensis, P. rugosum, P. semicostatus, P. simillimus, P. simplex, P. squamifer, P. squamosus, P. striatus, P. sulcosus, P. tenuistriata, P. theciformis, P. truncatus, P. verneuilianus, P. verneuilianus, P. vokesi, P. walciodorensis, P. inflatus, P. infraliassicus, P. kesennumensis, P. koikensis, P. nipponicus, P. niranohamensis, P. esinense, P. subnavicellus, P. kobayashii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Parallelodon theodorensis Waterhouse p. 136 figs. Pl 1, figs 12-17,19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyParallelodontinaeDall 1898
genusParallelodon
speciestheodorensis

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.

†Parallelodon theodorensis Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:21:49
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:20:39
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) Parallelodon theodorensis (98098 type locality: 98100 98102 120329 120330 120331 120332 120333 120335 120336 120339 120340 120341 120350 120379 120535 120536 120539 120660 120661 120662 120665)