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Prospondylus acinetus

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Taxonomy
Prospondylus acinetus was named by Newell and Boyd (1970). Its type specimen is USNM 154968, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. comptus, P. euthymi, P. golowkinskyi, P. sismondae, P. sistondae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Prospondylus acinetus Newell and Boyd p. 255 figs. figs. 19-24

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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
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyPseudomonotidaeNewell 1938
genusProspondylus
speciesacinetus

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.

†Prospondylus acinetus Newell and Boyd 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height283.274.593.083.813.1
valve height858.323.2130.057.631.5

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Prospondylus acinetus (43473)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Prospondylus acinetus (43491 43494 43495 43497 43513 43515 43517 81651 101785 105879 105931 105935 105941)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Prospondylus acinetus (43512 43548 43551 43553 43563 81645 81693 81722 101767 101781 101782 101807 102604 102606 102611 106021)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Prospondylus acinetus (43550 81636 105764 105821)