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Montacuta
Taxonomy
Montacuta was named by Turton (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Leptonidae by Glenn (1904); to Galeommatidae by Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montacutidae by Vokes (1980), Marquet (2005), Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Leptonidae by Glenn (1904); to Galeommatidae by Lamprell and Healy (1998); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montacutidae by Vokes (1980), Marquet (2005), Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Montacuta Turton |
| 1904 | Montacuta Glenn p. 332 |
| 1980 | Montacuta Vokes p. 112 |
| 1998 | Montacuta Lamprell and Healy p. 158 |
| 2002 | Montacuta Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Montacuta Marquet |
| 2010 | Montacuta Bouchet et al. |
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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. Montacuta Turton 1822
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Montacuta bowmani Holmes 1860
†Montacuta claiborniana Dall 1900
†Montacuta dalli Cossman 1893
†Montacuta donacina Wood 1840
Montacuta floridana Dall 1899
†Montacuta mariana Dall 1900
†Montacuta schafferi Kautsky 1940
†Montacuta sericea Tate 1887
Montacuta substriata Montague 1808
†Montacuta truncata Wood 1840
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.24000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (28 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Thanetian | USA (Alabama) | M. bicuspidata (92352) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | M. herberti (35080 98291) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | M. claiborniana (90600) | |
| Aquitanian | France (Aquitaine) | M. sp. (74865) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Germany | M. schafferi (171410) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | M. chipolana (41760 42290 42443) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | M. caecilia (61903) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | M. sericea (179602) | |
| Middle Miocene | Poland | M. substriata (51690) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | M. cercadica, M. maoica, M. hispaniolae (58817) | |
| Tortonian | Italy (Pordenone) | M. truncata (37379) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | M. sericea (63439) | |
| Zanclean | Belgium | M. substriata (86802) | |
| Zanclean | United Kingdom (England) | M. truncata, M. substriata, M. donacina (84755) | |
| Piacenzian | Belgium | M. substriata (86804 86805) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | M. sp. (79788) Nearomya floridana (61309) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | M. sp. (97962 97963 98041) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Neaeromya floridana (61310) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Neaeromya floridana (61311) Orobitella floridana (96538) | |
| Holocene | USA (Louisiana) | Nearomya floridana (92776) |