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Posidoniidae
Taxonomy
Posidoniidae was named by Frech (1909) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5102].
It was assigned to Pectinacea by Newell (1965) and Vokes (1980); to Pterioida by Waller and Stanley (2005); to Posidonioidea by Nevesskaja (2009) and Carter et al. (2011); and to Pterioidea by Bouchet et al. (2010) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Pectinacea by Newell (1965) and Vokes (1980); to Pterioida by Waller and Stanley (2005); to Posidonioidea by Nevesskaja (2009) and Carter et al. (2011); and to Pterioidea by Bouchet et al. (2010) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Posidoniidae Frech |
| 1965 | Posidoniidae Newell p. 17 |
| 1980 | Posidoniidae Vokes p. 48 |
| 2005 | Posidoniidae Waller and Stanley |
| 2009 | Posidoniidae Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Posidoniidae Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Posidoniidae Carter et al. p. 9 |
| 2014 | Posidoniidae Ros-Franch 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. †Posidoniidae Frech 1909
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G. †Bositra De Gregorio 1886
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†Bositra circularis Hsu 1937
†Bositra limbata Guo 1985
†Bositra sabinensis Monari 1994
†Bositra sibirica Kurushin 1980
†Bositra wengensis Wissmann 1841
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Invalid names: Sanguinolaria alpina Münster 1841 [synonym], Sanguinolaria okeni Münster 1841 [synonym]
Invalid names: Peribositria Kurushin and Truschelev 1989 [synonym]
G. †Caenodiotis Monari 1994
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†Caenodiotis janus Meneghini 1853
Invalid names: Diotis Simonelli 1884 [replaced]
G. †Didymotis Gerhardt 1897
G. †Guerichia Rzehak 1910
G. †Posidonia Bronn 1828
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†Posidonia affinis Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia becheri Bronn 1828
†Posidonia bittneri de Lorenzo 1896
†Posidonia blatchleyi Gabb 1870
†Posidonia christophori Popov 1948
†Posidonia daytonensis Gabb 1864
†Posidonia dianensis Guo 1985
†Posidonia ekiatapensis Bychkov et al. 1976
†Posidonia elegans Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia gemmellaroi de Lorenzo 1896
†Posidonia germari Beyrich 1857
†Posidonia gibbosa Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia girtyi Morningstar 1922
†Posidonia idriana Mojsisovics 1873
†Posidonia jacksoni Smith 1927
†Posidonia lineolata Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia madisonensis Smith 1927
†Posidonia minuta von Zieten 1833
†Posidonia multicostata Emmons 1856
†Posidonia nodosocostata Giebel 1857
†Posidonia obliqua von Hauer 1875
†Posidonia obsoletestriata Tommasi 1894
†Posidonia ovalis Kittl 1912
†Posidonia praealpina Kittl 1912
†Posidonia semiundata Guo 1985
†Posidonia somaliensis Cox 1935
†Posidonia stella Gabb 1864
†Posidonia subtilis Bytschkov and Efimova 1968
†Posidonia triangularis Emmons 1856
†Posidonia wengensis Giebel 1857
Invalid names: Posidonomya Bronn 1835 [objective synonym]
G. †Posidonotis Losacco 1942
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†Posidonotis dainelii Losacco 1942
†Posidonotis semiplicata Hyatt 1894
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Invalid names: Entolium balteatum Crickmay 1928 [synonym], Monotis symmetrica Hyatt 1894 [synonym], Pectinula cancellata Leanza 1943 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pectinula [synonym]
G. †Pseudodidymotis
G. †Steinmannia Fischer 1886
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†Steinmannia alikiensis Milova 1988
†Steinmannia bronni Voltz 1833
†Steinmannia viligaensis Milova 1988
Invalid names: Aulacomya Steinmann 1881 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Coniacian or 419.20000 to 86.30000 Ma
Collections (877 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lochkovian | Italy (Sardinia) | Astarte moneta (26189) | |
| Pragian | Vietnam | Posidonia sp. (83248) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | Posidoniidae indet. (5767) | |
| Frasnian | Vietnam | Posidonia nalivkini, Posidonia venusta (83245) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Spain (Aragon) | Posidonia venusta (40501) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Germany (Rhenish Massif) | Posidonia venusta (5960) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | United Kingdom (England) | Posidonia sp. (162312) | |
| Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Guerichia mariannae, Guerichia venustiformis (38643) | |
| Middle Famennian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | Guerichia sp. (134738) | |
| Middle Famennian | Poland | Guerichia sp. (223605) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Turonian | Brazil | Didymotis costatus (142789 142790 142791 142792 142793 142794 142795 142796 142828 142830 142835 142836) Didymotis costatus, Didymotis posidonomyaformis (142831) | |
| Middle Turonian | Brazil (Sergipe) | Didymotis posidonomyaformis (143155 143156 143157 143159 143163 143168 143171) | |
| Middle Turonian | Brazil | Didymotis posidonomyaformis (144394) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Brazil | Didymotis costatus (144392 144393) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Didymotis costatus (92293) | |
| Coniacian | Japan (Oita) | Didymotis akamatsui (40319) | |
| Coniacian | Japan (Ehime) | Didymotis akamatsui (40592) | |
| Coniacian | Nigeria | Didymotis costatus (69421) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | Brazil | Didymotis costatus (126915) Didymotis sp., Didymotis variabilis (140901) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | Japan (Fukushima) | Didymotis akamatsui (39626) | |