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Xylophagaidae
Taxonomy
Xylophagidae was named by Purchon (1941). It is extant. Its type is Xylophaga.
It was corrected as Xylophagaidae by Voight et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Pholadoidea by Voight et al. (2019).
It was corrected as Xylophagaidae by Voight et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Pholadoidea by Voight et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Xylophaga (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Xylophagaidae Voight et al. |
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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.
Fm. Xylophagaidae Purchon 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Gelasian or 41.30000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Xylophaga mississippiensis (2421) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | Xylophaga mississippiensis (90642) | |
| Middle Miocene | Grenada | Xylophaga sp. (58667) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Xylophaga sp. (61898) | |
| Tortonian | Denmark | Xylophaga sp. (98312) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Jamaica | Xylophaga sp. (58522) | |
| Gelasian | Belgium | Xylophaga sp. (86807) |