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Taxonomy
Austromytilus was named by Laseron (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Brachidontes (Austromytilus) by Cox et al. (1969).
It was assigned to Brachidontes by Cox et al. (1969); and to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Brachidontes (Austromytilus) by Cox et al. (1969).
It was assigned to Brachidontes by Cox et al. (1969); and to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Austromytilus Laseron p. 265 |
| 1969 | Brachidontes (Austromytilus) Cox et al. p. N273 |
| 2002 | Austromytilus Sepkoski |
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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.
Subg. Brachidontes (Austromytilus) Laseron 1956
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available