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Parallelodon (Nanonavis) bremneri

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Parallelodon (Nanonavis) bremneri was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1658, Santa Ynez Mountains, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Grammatodon manuiensis, Grammatodon minum, Grammatodon sachalinensis, Grammatodon sachalinensis, Grammatodon securis, Grammatodon yokoyamai, Nanonavis awajianus, Nanonavis brevis, Nanonavis carinata, Nanonavis elongatus, Nanonavis parallelus, Nanonavis pseudocarinata, Nanonavis pseudocarinata, Nanonavis rustica, Nanonavis sachalinensis, Nanonavis sakodryensis, Nanonavis subdiscors, Nanonavis turgida, Nanonavis yokoyamai, P. azzarolae, P. azzouzi, P. baconicum, P. beyerchi, P. beyrichi, P. bistriatus, P. breweriana, P. buchmani, P. buckmani, P. bynei, P. caprinus, P. carbonarius, P. cingulatus, P. cingulatus, P. concinnum, P. corrugatus, P. cumshewaensis, P. curioni, P. curionii, P. currioni, P. cypriniformis, P. esiensis, P. esinense, P. esinensis, P. eudesi, P. formosissima, P. formosissimum, P. formosissimus, P. fossa, P. fraiponti, P. guangxiensis, P. hettangensis, P. hettangiense, P. hexacostata, P. illinoisensis, P. imagnesis, P. imbricarium, P. impressum, P. infraliassicus, P. infrequens, P. insignis, P. irvinensis, P. kingi, P. koikensis, P. louisianensis, P. lutugini, P. luxdorfensis, P. meridionalis, P. mimina, P. obtusus, P. ornatissimus, P. pindiroensis, P. productum, P. pullus, P. pumilus, P. quichaurensis, P. rugosum, P. semicostatus, P. simillimus, P. simplex, P. squamifer, P. squamosus, P. striatus, P. sulcosus, P. tenuistriata, P. theciformis, P. truncatus, P. verneuilianus, P. verneuilianus, P. vokesi, P. walciodorensis, P. inflatus, P. infraliassicus, P. kesennumensis, P. koikensis, P. nipponicus, P. niranohamensis, P. esinense, P. subnavicellus, P. kobayashii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Parallelodon (Nanonavis) bremneri Anderson p. 95 figs. Plate 61, figure 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyGrammatodontinaeBranson 1942
genusParallelodon()
subgenusNanonavis
speciesbremneri

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. M. Anderson 1958Shell small, ovate in outline, or somewhat pear-shaped; umbonal area rounded, a little inflated; base nearly straight, curving roundly upward at anterior end, more rapidly at posterior terminus ; umbonal ridge sloping uniformly downward to the rear ; posterior slope long, descending obliquely behind; beaks situated about 15 mm from anterior end of shell, or about a third of its length ; anterior slope rapid, excavated beneath beaks ; dorsal border ridgelike; hinge marked by long parallel teeth, 3 or more in number on posterior end of shell ; fewer in front.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-10 16:21:52
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:21:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Parallelodon bremneri (type locality: 215344)