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Eurydesma austini

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae

Taxonomy
Eurydesma austini was named by Sahni and Srivastava (1956). Its type specimen is GSI 17647 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khemgaon Chorten, Sikkim, which is in an Asselian coastal sandstone in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cordatum, E. cordatum, E. hobartense, E. hobartense, E. hobartensis, E. sacculum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Eurydesma austini Sahni and Srivastava p. 206 figs. Pl 35, fig 1

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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
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
superfamilyEurydesmatoideaReed 1932
familyEurydesmatidae(Reed 1932)
genusEurydesma
speciesaustini

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.

†Eurydesma austini Sahni and Srivastava 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52India Eurydesma austini (type locality: 116801)