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Propeamussium (Parvamussium) robinsonense

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae

Taxonomy
Propeamussium (Parvamussium) robinsonense was named by Sundberg (1989). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7222, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 7074, Plano Trabuco, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Santonian marine horizon in the Ladd Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Propeamussium (Parvamussium) robinsonense Sundberg p. 59 figs. Figures 6, 7

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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
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderEntoliidina
superfamilyEntolioideaTeppner 1922
familyPropeamussiidaeAbbott 1954
genusPropeamussium(de Gregorio 1884)
subgenusParvamussium(Sacco 1897)
speciesrobinsonense

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: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-08-17 19:52:57
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:53:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Propeamussium robinsonense (207409 type locality: 207415)