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Pseudovaugonia oregonensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae

Taxonomy
Vaugonia oregonensis was named by Poulton (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 219913, 219911-219915, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. 27359, which is in a Pliensbachian marine limestone/sandstone in the Suplee Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Pseudovaugonia oregonensis by Echevarría et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Vaugonia oregonensis Poulton
2021Pseudovaugonia oregonensis Echevarría et al. p. 28

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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)
MyophorelloidaeKobayashi 1954
familyMyophorellidaeKobayashi 1954
genusPseudovaugonia
speciesoregonensis()

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
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 Late/Upper Sinemurian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Canada (British Columbia) Vaugonia oregonensis (53871)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Oregon) Vaugonia oregonensis (type locality: 125760 139226 139736 139737)