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Pterotrigonioides savagei

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Pterotrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia) savagei was named by Cooper (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knysna, Brenton Formation, Unit II, Western Cape, which is in a Valanginian coastal sandstone in the Brenton Formation of South Africa.

It was recombined as Pterotrigonioides savagei by Cooper (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia) savagei Cooper p. 55 fig. 6
2015Pterotrigonioides savagei Cooper 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)
superfamilyMegatrigonioideavan Hoepen 1929
familyPterotrigoniidaevan Hoepen 1929
subfamilyScabrotrigoniinaeCooper 1989
genusPterotrigonioides
speciessavagei(Cooper 1979)

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: Late/Upper Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6South Africa Pterotrigonia savagei (type locality: 64726)