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Yaadia branti

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Steinmanellidae

Taxonomy
Yaadia branti was named by Saul (1978). Its type specimen is UCLA 38613 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3619, Chico Creek, which is in a Coniacian marine horizon in the Chico Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Yaadia branti Saul pp. 43 - 45 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 3 - 10; pl. 8, fig. 1; pl. 11, fig. 6; text fig. 16; table 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
familySteinmanellidaeCooper 1991
subfamilyYaadiinae
genusYaadiaCrickmay 1930
speciesbranti

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.

Yaadia branti Saul 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Yaadia branti (type locality: 224932)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Yaadia branti (185448)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Yaadia branti (86956 207431 207437)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Trigonia californiana (239805) Yaadia branti (86780)