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Cryptaulia

Bivalvia - Hippuritida

Taxonomy
Cryptaulia was named by Pocta (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hippuritacea by Cox et al. (1969); and to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cryptaulia Pocta
1969Cryptaulia Cox et al. p. N817
2002Cryptaulia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
superfamilyHippuritaceaGray 1848
genusCryptauliaPocta 1889

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. †Cryptaulia Pocta 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-06 07:28:27
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:28:27
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic C. sp. (151609)