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Eopteria richardsoni

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Eopteriidae

Taxonomy
Eopteria richardsoni was named by Billings (1865). It is not extant. Its type locality is St. Antoine de Tilly, which is in a Cassinian carbonate limestone in the Beauharnois Formation of Canada.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Eopteria richardsoni Billings
1865Eopteria typica Billings
1865Eopteria richardsoni Billings p. 306 figs. f. 298a-b
1976Eopteria richardsoni Pojeta and Runnegar
2023Eopteria richardsoni Wagner p. 2311

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyEopterioidea
familyEopteriidae
genusEopteria
speciesrichardsoni

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.

Eopteria richardsoni Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Eopteria typica Billings 1865 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 04:13:00
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:13:00
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Early/Lower Llandeilo or 475.30000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Eopteria richardsoni (100291 100329)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) Eopteria richardsoni (56489 100294)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Arkansas) Eopteria richardsoni (100257)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland) Eopteria typica (154702)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Quebec) Eopteria richardsoni (type locality: 100355)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Eopteria richardsoni (56513 75519 75521 75523 75543 75545 75547 75551 75555 75556 75560 75579 100293)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Eopteria richardsoni (98451)
Floian477.1 - 471.3USA (Arkansas) Eopteria richardsoni (99119)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Alabama) Eopteria richardsoni (100254)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Eopteria richardsoni (80059)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Eopteria richardsoni (14232) Eopteria sp. (80058)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2USA (Alaska) Eopteria richardsoni (55430)