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Austrotindaria

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Tindariidae

Taxonomy
Austrotindaria was named by Fleming (1948). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nuculanidae by Maxwell (1988); and to Neilonellidae by Coan et al. (2000), Spencer et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Austrotindaria Fleming p. 72
1977Pseudotindaria Sanders and Allen
1988Austrotindaria Maxwell pp. 37, 42
1992Pseudotindaria Maxwell p. 59
2000Austrotindaria Coan et al. pp. 104, 106
2002Pseudotindaria Sepkoski
2004Austrotindaria Spencer et al.
2004Pseudotindaria Spencer et al.
2006Pseudotindaria Mikkelsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyMalletioideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyTindariidaeVerrill and Bush 1897
subfamilyNeilonellinae(Schileyko 1989)
genusAustrotindariaFleming 1948

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.

G. Austrotindaria Fleming 1948
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Austrotindaria antiqua Foster et al. 2017
Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017
Invalid names: Pseudotindaria Sanders and Allen 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height189.965.6214.611.73.16

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-08-18 18:13:07
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:07
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Waiauan or 251.90200 to 11.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 250.5 Ma

Collections (190 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Sichuan) A. antiqua (205981)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Yunnan) A. antiqua (205965 205967 205968)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) A. antiqua (200990 205960 205991 205994 205995 205996) A. antiqua, A. svalbardensis (200985 200989 201001) A. svalbardensis (200982 200987 200988 200991 200994 200997 201003 201004 201007 201013)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Wyoming) Unionites fassaensis (105378 105382 105386 150701 150702 150703 150704 150705 150706 150710 150711 150712)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Hungary Unionites fassaensis (177373 177377 177379 177380 177381 177382 177383 177384 177385 177386 177390)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Yunnan) A. antiqua (205971 205972)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy (Trentino) A. antiqua (197819 197820 197821 197823 197873 197874 197875 197876) A. spp. (197816)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen A. antiqua, A. svalbardensis (182611 182612)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Idaho) Unionites fassaensis (150725 150728)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland Nucula sp. (48113)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Montana) Unionites fassaensis (150714 150715 150716 150717 150718 150721)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) A. antiqua (205982 205983 205984 205985)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Unionites fassaensis (187276)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy Unionites fassaensis (165006 165007 165008 165009 165010 165011 165012 165013 165015 165102 165103 165104 165105)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation Unionites fassaensis (90207)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Italy (Lombardy) A. spp. (197130)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Italy Unionites fassaensis (165017 165020 165022 165024 165114 165116 165117 165119 165121 165122 165126 165127 165129 165134 165135)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Utah) Unionites fassaensis (150732)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Russian Federation Unionites fassaensis (90209 90211)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9USA (Wyoming) Unionites fassaensis (150708 150713)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Italy (Trentino) A. antiqua (197836 197841 197842 197845 197848 197849) A. spp. (197843 197844 197846 197847 197887 197894 197897)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Hungary Unionites fassaensis (177391 177392 177393 177394 177396 177397 177398 177399 177400 177402 177403 177404 177405 177407 177409)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Italy (Trentino) A. antiqua (197800 197801 197802 197856 197858 197863 197865) A. spp. (197796 197798 197807 197862 197864 197867 197868 197869 197872)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Hungary Unionites fassaensis (177410 177412 177415 177416 177417 177419 177420 177421 177422 177423)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Hungary (Hungary) Unionites fassaensis (174228)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Italy Unionites fassaensis (165131 165132 165133 165136 165137 165138 165139 165140 165143 165144 165146 165147 165148 165149)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Italy (Lombardy) A. spp. (197131 197132 197133)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy (Lombardy) A. spp. (197136)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy Unionites fassaensis (165150 165151 165157)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Hungary Unionites fassaensis (177450 177451)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy (Trentino) A. spp. (197882)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Pseudotindaria delli (45037)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand Pseudotindaria catillus, A. mawheraensis (63089 63090)