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Macrocallista stantoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Macrocallista stantoni was named by Waring (1917). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southwest of Santa Susana, which is in a Danian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Las Virgenes Formation of California.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Macrocallista stantoni Waring p. 77 figs. Pl. 14, Figs. 1 and 6
1925	Macrocallista stantoni Nelson p. 413

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Macrocallista	Meek 1876
species	stantoni

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.

†Macrocallista stantoni Waring 1917

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-04 16:36:59

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:36:59

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

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

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	USA (California)	Macrocallista stantoni (type locality: 193035)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	USA (California)	Macrocallista stantoni (205398 215686 218672)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (California)	Macrocallista stantoni (238827 238829 238831 238832 238835 238836 239705 239708) Tellina undulifera (211023)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene	59.24 - 48.07	USA (California)	Macrocallista stantoni (237468 237470)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation	Macrocallista stantoni (50078)