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Oriocrassatella compressa

Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae

Taxonomy
Oriocrassatella compressa was named by Maxwell (1964). Its type specimen is UQ F42897 and is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L1935, Yarrol, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Burnett Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Oriocrassatella compressa Maxwell p. 12 figs. Pl 1, figs 18-22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderActinodontida()
superfamilyOriocrassatelloidea
familyOriocrassatellidae()
genusOriocrassatella
speciescompressa

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.

†Oriocrassatella compressa Maxwell 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height322.219.025.023.03.06

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: base of the Pendleian to the top of the Sakmarian or 330.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Australia (New South Wales) Oriocrassatella compressa (8225)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Australia (Queensland) Oriocrassatella compressa (144988 144989)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Queensland) Oriocrassatella compressa (type locality: 144987)