PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Parallelodon xijinwulanensis

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy

Parallelodon xijinwulanensis was named by Sha (1995). Its type specimen is NIGP 118303 and is a mold.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. azzarolae, P. azzouzi, P. baconicum, P. beyerchi, P. beyrichi, P. bistriatus, P. breweriana, P. buchmani, P. buckmani, P. bynei, P. caprinus, P. carbonarius, P. cingulatus, P. cingulatus, P. concinnum, P. corrugatus, P. cumshewaensis, P. curioni, P. curionii, P. currioni, P. cypriniformis, P. esiensis, P. esinense, P. esinensis, P. eudesi, P. formosissima, P. formosissimum, P. formosissimus, P. fossa, P. fraiponti, P. guangxiensis, P. hettangensis, P. hettangiense, P. hexacostata, P. illinoisensis, P. imagnesis, P. imbricarium, P. impressum, P. infraliassicus, P. infrequens, P. insignis, P. irvinensis, P. kingi, P. koikensis, P. louisianensis, P. lutugini, P. luxdorfensis, P. meridionalis, P. mimina, P. obtusus, P. ornatissimus, P. pindiroensis, P. productum, P. pullus, P. pumilus, P. quichaurensis, P. rugosum, P. semicostatus, P. simillimus, P. simplex, P. squamifer, P. squamosus, P. striatus, P. sulcosus, P. tenuistriata, P. theciformis, P. truncatus, P. verneuilianus, P. verneuilianus, P. vokesi, P. walciodorensis, P. inflatus, P. infraliassicus, P. kesennumensis, P. koikensis, P. nipponicus, P. niranohamensis, P. esinense, P. subnavicellus, P. kobayashii

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1995	Parallelodon xijinwulanensis Sha p. 87 figs. Pl 24, figs 6-9
1996	Parallelodon xijinwulanensis Sha and Grant-Mackie fig. 3C,E

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Parallelodontidae	Dall 1898
subfamily	Parallelodontinae	Dall 1898
genus	Parallelodon
species	xijinwulanensis

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.

†Parallelodon xijinwulanensis Sha 1995

show all | hide all

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 11:21:49

Modified:

2009-10-10 18:20:39

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Spathian	248.1 - 246.7	China (Qinghai)	Parallelodon xijinwulanensis (56724)