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Margaritiferidae
Taxonomy
Margaritiferidae was named by Haas (1940) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5135]. It is extant. Its type is Margaritifera.
It was assigned to Unionacea by Newell (1965), Vokes (1980); and to Unionoidea by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Unionacea by Newell (1965), Vokes (1980); and to Unionoidea by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006), Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Cumberlandiinae, Dianoconcha, Margaritifera (type genus), Mengyinaia, Promargaritifera, Pseudomargaritifera, Solenoides
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1910 | Margaritanidae Ortmann |
| 1940 | Margaritiferidae Haas |
| 1965 | Margaritiferidae Newell p. 18 |
| 1980 | Margaritiferidae Vokes p. 72 |
| 2006 | Margaritiferidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230 |
| 2009 | Margaritiferidae Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Margaritiferidae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Margaritiferidae Carter et al. p. 13 |
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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. Margaritiferidae Haas 1940
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G. †Margaritifera Schumacher 1815
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Subg. †Margaritifera (Margaritifera) Schumacher 1815
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†Margaritifera (Margaritifera) rhazensis Mongin and Lapparent 1968
Subg. †Margaritifera (Pseudunio) Haas 1910
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†Margaritifera (Pseudunio) saharica Mongin and Lapparent 1968
†Margaritifera (Pseudunio) valdensis Mantell 1844
†Margaritifera flabellata Goldfuss 1837
Invalid names: Margaritanidae Ortmann 1910 [synonym], Promargaritiferidae Woodward 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Jurassic to the top of the Pleistocene or 174.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Jurassic | China (Yunnan) | Dianoconcha alata (200955) | |
| Middle Jurassic | China (Qinghai) | Solenaia tanggulaensis (200956) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Spain (Teruel) | Margaritifera valdensis (227113) | |
| Berriasian - Valanginian | China (Shandong) | Mycetopus mengyinensis (200957) | |
| Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Margaritifera rhazensis, Margaritifera saharica, Margaritifera valdensis (28569) | |
| MN 3 | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Margaritifera vicayri (77779) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Margaritifera flabellata (199608) | |
| Langhian | Germany | Margaritifera flabellata (231122 231123) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Unionidae sp. (175727) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | Margaritifera flabellata (231124 231125 231127) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | Margaritifera flabellata (205187) | |
| MN 6 | Germany | Margaritifera flabellata (231126 231129 231130 231131) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Margaritifera auricularia (51761) |