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Synek antiquus

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Synek antiquus was named by Barrande (1881). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudocyrtodonta ala by Steinová (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. deformatus, S. nasutus, S. thorali

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Synek antiquus Barrande figs. pl. 275, figs I/1–2
2022Synek antiquus Polechová p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
—Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusSynekBarrande 1881
speciesantiquus

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.

†Synek antiquus Barrande 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-20 12:59:23
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:23:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Meyer et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Rawtheyan or 477.10000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Ille-et-Vilaine) Synek antiquus (20852 20860)
Letna - Harnagian463.3 - 457.2Czechia Synek antiquus (3861)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czechia Synek antiquus (3859)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Czechia Synek antiquus (154463)
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) Synek antiquus (99690)
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia Synek antiquus (238012)
Vinice - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia Synek antiquus (3863)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia Synek antiquus (3865)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia Synek antiquus (238013)