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Plesiodiceras

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Epidiceratidae

Taxonomy
Plesiodiceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Plesiodiceratinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Epidiceratidae by Skelton (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Plesiodiceras Sepkoski
2010Plesiodiceras Bouchet et al.
2013Plesiodiceras Skelton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
suborderRequieniidina
superfamilyRequienioideaDouvillé 1914
familyEpidiceratidae(Rengarten 1950)
genusPlesiodiceras

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.

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Plesiodiceras orthogonale Pchelintsev 1959
Plesiodiceras sulejoviense Karczewski 1969
Plesiodiceras yailense Pchelintsev 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:42:18
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:08:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.90000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland P. muensteri, P. yailense (98574) P. orthogonale (98581) P. orthogonale, P. sulejoviense, P. yailense (98580) P. yailense (98575)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany P. muensteri (211294)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (RhĂ´ne-Alpes) P. munsteri (98531)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Saudi Arabia P. sp. (225470)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) P. valfinense, P. muensteri (57791)