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Yunshanoperna yunshanensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Yunshanoperna yunshanensis was named by Chen (1984). Its type specimen is NIGPAS 81471 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qihulin Hill, Hulin, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in the Yunshan Formation of China. It is the type species of Yunshanoperna.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Yunshanoperna yunshanensis Chen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
subfamilyIsognomoninae(Woodring 1925)
genusYunshanopernaChen 1984
speciesyunshanensisChen 1984

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 07:48:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:46:35
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 143.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5China (Heilongjiang) Yunshanoperna yunshanensis (type locality: 200836)