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Towapteria guangxingensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Towapteria guangxingensis was named by Liang (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yujiabeigou, Huanggangliang Fm, Guangxing, Keshenketeng, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Huanggangliang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Towapteria guangxingensis Liang p. 446 figs. Pl 185, figs 9-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusTowapteria
speciesguangxingensis

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height716.513.418.217.31.74

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 02:20:46
Modified: 2007-11-26 09:50:53
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Nei Mongol) Towapteria guangxingensis (type locality: 111767)