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Pycnogryphaea weberae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Taxonomy
Gryphaea weberae was named by Yanin and Tschelzova (1969) [Yanin in Tschelzova 1969.]. Its type specimen is CP MSU 331/16 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balki, Sarysu River, which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in Ukraine. It is the type species of Pycnogryphaea.

It was recombined as Pycnodonte weberae by Arkadiev (1997); it was recombined as Pycnogryphaea weberae by Kosenko (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Gryphaea weberae Yanin and Tschelzova p. 56 figs. pl. 4: 6, 7–8
1997Pycnodonte weberae Arkadiev p. 78 figs. pl. 18 f. 8
2018Pycnogryphaea weberae Kosenko pp. 772 - 775 fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderOstreidina(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyOstreoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyGryphaeidaeVialov 1936
subfamilyPycnodonteinaeStenzel 1959
genusPycnogryphaea
speciesweberae(Yanin and Tschelzova 1969)

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.

†Pycnogryphaea weberae Yanin and Tschelzova 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:05:58
Modified: 2009-08-18 19:34:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Berriasian or 143.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Ukraine Pycnogryphaea weberae (240846)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine Gryphaea weberae (240845) Pycnogryphaea weberae (240848)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine (Crimea) Pycnogryphaea weberae (240847)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Ukraine Pycnogryphaea weberae (214153 240849)