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Taxonomy
Geltena was named by Stephenson (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Mactrinae by Vokes (1980); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Mactrinae by Vokes (1980); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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. †Geltena Stephenson 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (31 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Aptian | Lebanon | G. mactriforma (69180) | |
| Albian | United Kingdom (England) | G. angulata (51597) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | G. angulata (51673) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | G. nitida (4637 4653 4654 4655 6482) G. nitida, G. obesa, G. subequilatera (4642) G. nitida, G. prunoides (4656) G. nitida, G. prunoides, G. subequilatera (4652) G. nitida, G. subcompressa (6480) G. obesa (4639 4640 4643 4645 6548 6567 6570 6573 6580 6588) G. obesa, G. subcompressa (6471) G. subcompressa (4646 4659 6475) G. subequilatera (4638 6486 6492) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (New Mexico) | G. sp. (44284) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | G. sp. (44164) |