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Tuarangiidae
Taxonomy
Tuarangiidae was named by Mackinnon (1982).
It was assigned to Bivalvia by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Tuarangiida by Carter et al. (2011), Peel (2021).
It was assigned to Bivalvia by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Tuarangiida by Carter et al. (2011), Peel (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Tuarangiidae Mackinnon |
| 2010 | Tuarangiidae Bouchet et al. p. 114 |
| 2011 | Tuarangiidae Carter et al. p. 5 |
| 2021 | Tuarangiidae Peel p. 200 |
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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. †Tuarangiidae Mackinnon 1982
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G. †Tuarangia MacKinnon 1982
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†Tuarangia gravgaerdensis Berg-Madsen 1987
†Tuarangia gravgaerdensis tenuiumbonata Hinz-Schallreuter 1995
†Tuarangia paparua MacKinnon 1982
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. S. Peel 2021 | Small elongate, subquadrate to trapezoidal bivalves with long straight hinge line and very subdued umbones near lateral midline. Dentition taxodont consist ing of a number of oblique, subparallel barlike teeth forming two elements on each valve that are separated by a narrow, erect, amphidetic ligament (slightly rephrased from MacKinnon 1982). |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Boomerangian to the top of the Menevian or 500.50000 to 499.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Menevian | Denmark (Bornholm) | Tuarangia gravgaerdensis (50768) | |
| Boomerangian | New Zealand (Nelson) | Tuarangia paparua (7897 49850) |