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Heterodonta

Bivalvia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Heterodonta Neumayr p. 43
1889Heterodonta Ameghino p. 43
1965Heterodonta Newell p. 18
1980Heterodonta Vokes p. 100
1983Heterodonta Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 91
1984Heterodonta Squires p. 44
1987Heterodonta Squires p. 59
1987Heterodonta Ward and Blackwelder p. 129
1989Heterodonta Shoshani et al. p. 435
1993Heterodonta Wingard p. 50
1997Heterodonta Cope p. 733
1998Heterodonta Reid
2002Heterodonta Giribet and Wheeler
2006Heterodonta Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2006Heterodonta Rosenberg et al.
2010Heterodonta Bouchet et al.
2013Heterodonta Pérez et al. p. 364

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
subclassHeterodontaNeumayr 1884
subclassHeterodontaNeumayr 1884

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.

Subcl. Heterodonta Neumayr 1884
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Or. Anomalodesmata Dall 1889
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G. †Erratomya Koppka 2004
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†Erratomya calloviensis Koppka 2004
G. †Pseudoquenstedtia Koppka 2004
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†Pseudoquenstedtia brevis Roeder 1882
Fm. †Rhaetidiidae Dominici and Danise 2024
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G. †Rhaetidia Bittner 1895
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†Rhaetidia salomoni Bittner 1895
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Invalid names: Corbula praenuntia Stoppani 1860 [replaced]
†Rhaetidia timorensis Krumbeck 1924
†Rhaetidia zittelii Bittner 1895
Unr. Septibranchia Pelseneer 1888
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Invalid names: Cuspidarioida Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971 [empty], Verticordioida Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971 [empty]
G. †Solecurtoidomya Koppka 2004
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†Solecurtoidomya senftii Andree 1860
Invalid names: Carditoidea Fleming 1820 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Tortonian or 393.47000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 382.31 Ma

Collections (195 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Phanerozoic538.8 - 0.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Heterodonta indet. (228252)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Morocco Anomalodesmata indet. (82034)
Morrowan - Desmoinesian323.4 - 306.0Brazil Anomalodesmata indet. 1 (67803)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Chile Anomalodesmata indet. (163033 163037 163039 163040 163041)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Chile Anomalodesmata indet. (163035)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Utah) Carditoidea sp. (63385)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Tellina praenuntia (202272)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania Anomalodesmata indet. (197722)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Trentino) Rhaetidia zitteli (44953)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Rhaetidia salomoni (236003 236005)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Rhaetidia zittelii (144634)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Indonesia (Timor) Rhaetidia timorensis (205176 205303)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Nevada) Heterodonta indet. (37244 37246)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (Yukon) Heterodonta indet. (53613)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53174)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53278 53290 53623 53866)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Alberta) Heterodonta indet. (53389)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Yukon) Heterodonta indet. (53873)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53864)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Alberta) Heterodonta indet. (53275 53419 53549 53904)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53204 53347 53390 53583)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (Yukon) Heterodonta indet. (53111 53165 53612)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53187 53558 53564)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53110 53186)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany Heterodonta indet. (23841)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53108 53457 53780)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Heterodonta indet. (23852)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53169)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Canada (Yukon) Heterodonta indet. (53590)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Canada (British Columbia) Heterodonta indet. (53375)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Heterodonta indet. (25663 25664 25670 25675 25776 25777 25778)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain Heterodonta indet. (25782)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2India Heterodonta indet. (68275)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India Heterodonta indet. (67397 67663)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5China (Xizang) Heterodonta indet. (61446)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Heterodonta indet. (61521 61542 61674 63236 67401 67580 67584 68403 68404 68405)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Heterodonta indet. (38485)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Heterodonta indet. (63068)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Heterodonta indet. (61672 61876 67550 68385 68552)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Heterodonta indet. A, Heterodonta indet. B (13588)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Heterodonta indet. (13786 13789) H. sp. C (13869)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Greenland Anomalodesmata indet. (1406 1464 1465 1466 1467 1470 1472 1496)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Portugal Heterodonta indet. (8287)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Heterodonta indet. (67943 67951)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Heterodonta indet. (5988 7058 7059 7075 7076 7080 7081 7082 8101 8201 8202 8318 8602 8603 8608 8674) H. sp. A, Heterodonta indet., H. sp. C (8185) H. sp. A, H. sp. B (8203)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Portugal Heterodonta indet. (8286 8289) H. sp. A, H. sp. B (8288)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Heterodonta indet. (67938 67940 67952 67953 68232 68233 68234 68237)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06Portugal Heterodonta indet. (8364 8365) H. sp. A, H. sp. B (8363)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Anomalodesmata indet. (8204) Heterodonta indet. (6872 7868 7869 7870 7877 7889 7894 7895 7896 8040 8041 8161 8163 8165 8168 8169 8205 8206 8317 8319 8335 8337) Heterodonta indet. A (7892) H. sp. A, Heterodonta indet. (7914 7915) H. sp. A, Heterodonta indet., H. sp. B (7414) H. sp. A, H. sp. B (7891 7893 7913) H. sp. C (7916)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Greenland Heterodonta indet. (1198 1201 1212 1214 1231 1251 1460 1482)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4South Africa Heterodonta indet. (65848)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2South Africa Heterodonta indet. (65835 65972)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9South Atlantic Heterodonta indet. (209782)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Antarctica Heterodonta indet. (64245)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5South Africa Heterodonta indet. (66008 66013)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Peru Heterodonta indet. (61917 61918 61992)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) H. L (74093)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) H. P (74131) H. sp. G (74135 74137)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) H. XY (73918) H. globosa (74002 74004 74005 74007) H. sp. G (73902 73912 73915 73917 73920 73921 73922)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Heterodonta indet. (69925)