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Macrocallista andersoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Macrocallista andersoni was named by Dickerson (1915). Its type specimen is CAS 269 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Callista andersoni by Givens and Kennedy (1979), Nilsen (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson p. 54 figs. Plate 4, figures la, lb
1979Callista andersoni Givens and Kennedy p. 90
1987Callista andersoni Nilsen p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusMacrocallistaMeek 1876
speciesandersoni

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 andersoni Dickerson 1915
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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 Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Macrocallista andersoni (type locality: 207112 207114)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Callista andersoni (200760 200762 200763 200764 200765) Macrocallista andersoni (194412 194413 194414 200655)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Callista andersoni (194185 202054 202056) Macrocallista andersoni (239766)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (California) Macrocallista andersoni (239769)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (Washington) Callista andersoni (203152)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Macrocallista andersoni (139020 203164)