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Pseudomyona groenlandica

Rostroconchia - Tuarangiida - Pseudomyonidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomyona groenlandica was named by Peel (2021). Its type specimen is PMU 37511, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GGU Sample 315006, which is in a Marjumian marine limestone in the Fimbuldal Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Pseudomyona groenlandica Peel pp. 203 - 204 fig. 6–8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classRostroconchia
orderTuarangiida(MacKinnon 1982)
familyPseudomyonidaeHinz-Schallreuter 2000
genusPseudomyona
speciesgroenlandica

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
J. S. Peel 2021Species of Pseudomyona in which the dorsal hinge zone carries a dominant peg­like tooth on each side of the sub­apical surface (half­pegma) and a series of interdigitating peg­like hinge teeth extending along the length of the supra­apical surface. The teeth are represented by pits on the internal mould.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 10:30:34
Modified: 2022-05-13 12:06:45
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland Pseudomyona groenlandica (type locality: 219689)