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Austrochlamys heardensis
Taxonomy
Chlamys (Zygochlamys) heardensis was named by Fleming (1957). Its type specimen is AUGD F15297, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West Bay, Laurens Peninsula, which is in a Miocene marine conglomerate in the Drygalski Formation of Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
It was recombined as Austrochlamys heardensis by Quilty et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Austrochlamys heardensis by Quilty et al. (2004).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1957 | Chlamys (Zygochlamys) heardensis Fleming p. 16 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,3 |
| 2004 | Austrochlamys heardensis Quilty et al. p. 335 figs. 3a-g |
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†Austrochlamys heardensis Fleming 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | Austrochlamys heardensis (209139) Chlamys heardensis (type locality: 209137) | |
| Piacenzian | Indian Ocean | Austrochlamys heardensis (209138) |