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Eligmidae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Eligmidae

Taxonomy
Eligmidae was named by Gill (1871).

It was assigned to Pteriomorphia by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Ostreoidea by Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Eligmus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Eligmidae Gill
2010Eligmidae Bouchet et al.
2011Eligmidae Carter et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyEligmidaeGill 1871
familyEligmidaeGill 1871

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.

Fm. †Eligmidae Gill 1871
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G. †Eligmus Eudes-Deslongchampes 1856
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†Eligmus aualites Stefanini 1925
†Eligmus polytypus Eudes-Deslongchamps 1856
†Eligmus rollandi Douvillé 1907
†Eligmus weiri Cox 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 09:14:10
Modified: 2010-02-16 03:18:02
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Jordan Eligmus rollandi (35357 35668)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Eligmus analites (45265 45267) Eligmus analites, Eligmus polytypus (45266) Eligmus polyptypus, Eligmus weiri (45301) Eligmus polytypus (48033 48078 48082 48105) Eligmus sp. (45268 48112)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Jordan Eligmus asiaticus (35323 35355 35377) Eligmus asiaticus, Eligmus polytypus, Eligmus rollandi (35322) Eligmus asiaticus, Eligmus rollandi (35356)
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian170.3 - 164.7Saudi Arabia Eligmus analites, Eligmus polytypus (45303)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Eligmus analites, Eligmus polytypus (45395 48303) Eligmus polytypus (48307 48448 48451 48454 48456 48457) Eligmus polytypus, Eligmus rollandi (48142) Eligmus rollandi (48141 48298) Eligmus sp. (48402 48449) Eligmus weiri (48339 48522)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Jordan Eligmus asiaticus (35671 35674 35675) Eligmus asiaticus, Eligmus rollandi (35669 35745) Eligmus rollandi (35672)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1China (Qinghai) Eligmus rollandi (37900)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1India Eligmus rollandi (68408 68410)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1China (Quinghai-Xizang) Eligmus rollandi (37433)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Somalia Eligmus rollandi (100385)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India Eligmus rollandi (63213 63214 63215 63220 63222 63228 63230)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Italy Eligmus perdlianae (160187)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Jordan Eligmus jordanensis, Eligmus asiaticus (50105)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Gujarat) Eligmus rollandi (93561)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Eligmus rollandi (24050)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kenya Eligmus rollandi (36467 36468 36469 36470 36473)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Eligmus rollandi (93477 93482)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Somalia Eligmus polytypus, Eligmus weiri (92998) Eligmus rollandi (92996)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Eligmus humei (2562 2600) Eligmus humei, Eligmus aualites (2558 2603 2604 2606 2610) Eligmus humei, Eligmus weiri (2605) Eligmus rollandi (2567) Eligmus sp. (2589 2607 2608) Eligmus sp., Eligmus aualites (2601)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Eligmus analites (48585 48586 48588 48589 48593 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605) Eligmus analites, Eligmus polytypus, Eligmus weiri (45541 45547) Eligmus analites, Eligmus weiri, Eligmus rollandi (45539) Eligmus polytypus (47885 48560) Eligmus rollandi (47867 234953) Eligmus sp. (47894 47900) Eligmus weiri (48506 48524 48525 48537 48538)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan Eligmus asiaticus (35471 35699 35700 35701 35743) Eligmus asiaticus, Eligmus rollandi (35666) Eligmus rollandi (35548 35667)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Eligmus asiaticus (94519) Eligmus jabbokensis, Eligmus polytypus (93015) Eligmus jabbokensis, Eligmus polytypus, Eligmus weiri (93014) Eligmus polytypus, Eligmus weiri, Eligmus aualites, Eligmus rollandi (93020) Eligmus weiri (93012) Eligmus weiri, Eligmus aualites, Eligmus rollandi (93013)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Quinghai-Xizang) Eligmus rollandi (37430 37431 37449)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Eligmus weiri (13951)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Eligmus perlatus, Eligmus rollandi (98185) Eligmus rollandi (98129 98155) Eligmus sp. (101718)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Jordan Eligmus asiaticus (35748)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Eligmus weiri (13667)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Iran (Tabas Area) Eligmus rollandi (41417)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Eligmus rollandi (234934)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Ethiopia Eligmus rollandi (94495)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Eritrea Arctostrea aualites (94567)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Ethiopia Eligmus rollandi (93501)