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Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria
Taxonomy
Gryphites speluncarius was named by von Schlotheim (1816). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Avicula speluncaria by Geinitz (1841), Geinitz (1861), Langenhan (1899); it was recombined as Monotis speluncaria by King (1850), Howse (1857); it was recombined as Pseudomonotis speluncaria by Newell (1955), Fantini Sestini (1965), Logan (1967), Pattison (1970), Muromtseva (1981); it was recombined as Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria by Newell and Boyd (1970), Muromtseva and Guskov (1984).
It was recombined as Avicula speluncaria by Geinitz (1841), Geinitz (1861), Langenhan (1899); it was recombined as Monotis speluncaria by King (1850), Howse (1857); it was recombined as Pseudomonotis speluncaria by Newell (1955), Fantini Sestini (1965), Logan (1967), Pattison (1970), Muromtseva (1981); it was recombined as Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria by Newell and Boyd (1970), Muromtseva and Guskov (1984).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. angulosa, P. artiensis, P. bjona, P. cycloidea, P. doneziana, P. elegans, P. elegantula, P. idahoensis, P. jakutica, P. kittli, P. laevis, P. lieberti, P. michaeli, P. noinskii, P. noinskyi, P. ochotica, P. papyria, P. papyrica, P. pealei, P. permiana, P. similis, P. spitzbergensis, P. tendagurensis, P. tenuistriatus, P. zitteli, P. indica, P. artica
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Gryphites speluncarius von Schlotheim p. 30 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a-c |
| 1829 | Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby p. 119 |
| 1834 | Avicula gryphaeoides Phillips figs. Pl 3, figs 6a, 6b |
| 1834 | Pecten radialis Phillips figs. Pl 3, fig 5 |
| 1841 | Avicula speluncaria Geinitz p. 639 |
| 1845 | Ostrea matercula de Verneuil p. 330 figs. Pl 21, figs 13a-c |
| 1848 | Monotis gryphaeoides Howse p. 249 |
| 1850 | Monotis speluncaria King p. 155 figs. Pl 13, figs 5-21 |
| 1850 | Monotis garforthensis King p. 157 figs. Pl 13, figs 24,25 |
| 1850 | Monotis radialis King p. 157 figs. Pl 13, figs 22,23 |
| 1857 | Monotis speluncaria Howse p. 305 |
| 1861 | Avicula speluncaria Geinitz p. 74 figs. Pl 14, figs 5-7 |
| 1881 | Pseudomonotis garforthensis Waagen p. 278 figs. Pl 22, fig 2 |
| 1881 | Pseudomonotis radialis Waagen p. 280 figs. Pl 23, fig 5 |
| 1899 | Avicula speluncaria Langenhan p. 47 figs. Pl 2, fig 5 |
| 1915 | Pseudomonotis (Eumicrotis) radialis Diener p. 58 figs. Pl 6, figs 5,6 |
| 1931 | Prospondylus noinskyi Licharew |
| 1955 | Pseudomonotis speluncaria Newell p. 18 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-5,7,8,10-12 |
| 1965 | Pseudomonotis speluncaria Fantini Sestini p. 82 figs. Pl 8, fig 8 |
| 1967 | Pseudomonotis speluncaria Logan p. 24 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-11; pl 3, figs 1-16; text-fig 2 |
| 1970 | Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria Newell and Boyd p. 243 figs. 1A,B, 12, 13 |
| 1970 | Pseudomonotis speluncaria Pattison p. 146 figs. Pl 20, fig 13 |
| 1981 | Pseudomonotis speluncaria Muromtseva p. 35 figs. Pl 9, fig 18 |
| 1984 | Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria Muromtseva and Guskov p. 76 figs. Pl 33, figs 2-4,17 |
| 1984 | Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) garforthensis Muromtseva and Guskov p. 77 figs. Pl 33, fig 18 |
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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.
†Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816
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Invalid names: Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby 1829 [synonym], Monotis garforthensis King 1850 [synonym], Ostrea matercula de Verneuil 1845 [synonym], Pseudomonotis radialis Phillips 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 1 | 19.9 | - | - | - | - | |
| valve height | 27 | 18.3 | 5.10 | 83.0 | 17.3 | 15.2 |
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Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 283.30000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (75 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kungurian | Russian Federation | Pseudomonotis speluncaria (110010 114313) | |
| Late/Upper Kazanian | Russian Federation | Pseudomonotis garforthensis (197540) | |
| Roadian | Russian Federation | Ostrea matercula (117278) Pseudomonotis garforthensis (113900) Pseudomonotis speluncaria (96860 109947 109949 113947 197601 197914) | |
| Wordian | Iran (Tehran) | Pseudomonotis speluncaria (43296) | |
| Wordian | Russian Federation | Pseudomonotis garforthensis (197763) Pseudomonotis speluncaria (117264) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Monotis speluncaria (133737) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Monotis speluncaria (133736) | |
| Wuchiapingian | North Atlantic | Monotis speluncaria (130824) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (England) | Avicula gryphaeoides, Pecten sp. 2 (116168) Monotis radialis, Monotis speluncaria (130765) Monotis speluncaria (83171 95677 130766) Pseudomonotis speluncaria (24084 24085 82794 88655 89595 95796 97263 109715 109720 109721 109722 112847 112849 112850 112851 112852 112853 112856 208896 208909) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Poland | Avicula speluncaria (123444) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Greenland | Pseudomonotis speluncaria (107365 107373 115895 115898 115907 115909 115910 115914) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom | Monotis garforthensis (130843) Monotis gryphaeoides (130834 130870 130871 130872 130906) Monotis speluncaria (130768 130769 130772 130773) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Germany | Avicula speluncaria (118863) Gryphites speluncarius (type locality: 107652) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (Durham) | Monotis speluncaria (130771) Pseudomonotis speluncaria (130775 161490) | |
| Wuchiapingian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Pseudomonotis speluncaria (208910 208911) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan | Pseudomonotis garforthensis (119732 119733) | |
| Changhsingian | Pakistan | Pseudomonotis radialis (89061) | |
| Changhsingian | Russian Federation | Pseudomonotis speluncaria (114448) | |
| Changhsingian | India | Pseudomonotis radialis (230703 230704 230705) |