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Taxonomy
Aviculopectinoidea was named by Meek and Hayden (1864).
It was assigned to Pectinina by Waller (1978); to Pectinoida by Newell and Boyd (1995) and Anelli et al. (2006); to Aviculopectinidina by Nevesskaja (2009); to Pectinida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Aviculopectinoidei by Carter et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Pectinina by Waller (1978); to Pectinoida by Newell and Boyd (1995) and Anelli et al. (2006); to Aviculopectinidina by Nevesskaja (2009); to Pectinida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Aviculopectinoidei by Carter et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Aviculopectinoidea Meek and Hayden |
| 1978 | Aviculopectinoidea Waller |
| 1995 | Aviculopectinoidea Newell and Boyd p. 29 |
| 2006 | Aviculopectinoidea Anelli et al. p. 1133 |
| 2009 | Aviculopectinoidea Nevesskaja |
| 2010 | Aviculopectinoidea Bouchet et al. |
| 2011 | Aviculopectinoidea Carter et al. p. 10 |
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Superfm. †Aviculopectinoidea Meek and Hayden 1864
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Fm. †Aviculopectinidae Meek 1864
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G. †Amphijanira Bittner 1901
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†Amphijanira janirula Bittner 1895
†Amphijanira landrana Bittner 1895
†Pecten (Amphijanira) aeriphilus Bittner 1902
†Pecten (Amphijanira) janirulaeformis Bittner 1901
Tr. †Antijanirini Carter 2011
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G. †Antijanira Bittner 1901
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†Antijanira amphidoxa Bittner 1903
†Antijanira hungaricus Bittner 1901
G. †Cristaflabellum Hautmann et al. 2021
G. †Aviculopecten M'Coy 1851
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†Aviculipecten delawarensis Girty 1909
†Aviculipecten mccoyi Meek and Hayden 1864
†Aviculipecten montpelierensis Girty 1910
†Aviculopecten aerarius Bittner 1902
†Aviculopecten affinis Walcott 1884
†Aviculopecten altus White 1879
†Aviculopecten appalachianus Hoare et al. 1978
†Aviculopecten arctisulcatus Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten artiensis Krotow 1885
†Aviculopecten asiaticus de Koninck 1863
†Aviculopecten ballingerana Beede 1916
†Aviculopecten basilicus Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten batesvillensis Weller 1897
†Aviculopecten beipeiensis Liu 1976
†Aviculopecten bellatulus Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten bertrandi Gemmellaro 1896
†Aviculopecten bouei Keyserling 1846
†Aviculopecten boutwelli Girty 1911
†Aviculopecten caodigouensis Lu 1986
†Aviculopecten catactus Meek 1877
†Aviculopecten columbianus Hoare et al. 1978
†Aviculopecten coreyanus White 1874
†Aviculopecten coryeanus White 1874
†Aviculopecten coxanus Meek and Worthen 1860
†Aviculopecten crebristriatus de Koninck 1863
†Aviculopecten crenistriatus Meek 1871
†Aviculopecten cunctatus Reed 1932
†Aviculopecten cypticostatus Lu 1986
†Aviculopecten densistriatus Gemmellaro 1896
†Aviculopecten deprati Mansuy 1913
†Aviculopecten derajatensis Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten diemenensis Johnston 1887
†Aviculopecten draschei Toula 1875
†Aviculopecten eaglensis Price 1916
†Aviculopecten eurekensis Walcott 1884
†Aviculopecten expositus Reed 1944
†Aviculopecten flabellum Price 1916
†Aviculopecten frederixi Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960
†Aviculopecten germanus Miller and Faber 1892
†Aviculopecten giganteus Chao 1929
†Aviculopecten gradicosta Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten guangxiensis Liu 1976
†Aviculopecten haguei Walcott 1884
†Aviculopecten hardmani Etheridge 1897
†Aviculopecten hataii Murata 1964
†Aviculopecten hayasakai Murata 1964
†Aviculopecten herbichii Bittner 1902
†Aviculopecten idahoensis Meek 1871
†Aviculopecten inspeciosus Girty 1910
†Aviculopecten jabiensis Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten jennyi Girty 1910
†Aviculopecten kaibabensis Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten katwahiensis Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten keoughensis Snider 1915
†Aviculopecten khinganensis Kobayashi 1931
†Aviculopecten kokcharofi de Verneuil 1845
†Aviculopecten kunlunensis Ustritsky 1960
†Aviculopecten landerensisdup Branson 1930
†Aviculopecten laosensis Mansuy 1913
†Aviculopecten latrobensis Johnston 1887
†Aviculopecten lindstroemi Lundgren 1887
†Aviculopecten lobanovae Muromtseva 1984
†Aviculopecten lopingensis Ku 1948
†Aviculopecten maccoyi Kayser 1883
†Aviculopecten malayensis Nakazawa 1973
†Aviculopecten mayesensis Snider 1915
†Aviculopecten mazonensis Worthen 1890
†Aviculopecten mccoyi Meek and Hayden 1864
†Aviculopecten media Laseron 1910
†Aviculopecten middlemissii Diener 1915
†Aviculopecten minutum de Gregorio 1930
†Aviculopecten misrikhanensis Reed 1944
†Aviculopecten monodi Mansuy 1912
†Aviculopecten moorei Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten morahensis Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten morrowensis Girty 1910
†Aviculopecten multilineatus Girty 1910
†Aviculopecten nikolaewi Muromtseva 1984
†Aviculopecten nitidus Gemmellaro 1896
†Aviculopecten nodocosta Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten nodulifer Reed 1931
†Aviculopecten occidentalis Shumard 1855
†Aviculopecten onukii Murata 1969
†Aviculopecten orientalis Fredericks 1934
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Invalid names: Aviculopecten sojanensis Kulikov 1967 [synonym], Aviculopecten stepanovi Kulikov 1967 [synonym], Streblochondria kulojensis Kulikov 1967 [synonym]
†Aviculopecten ozarkensis Snider 1915
†Aviculopecten panxianensis Xu 1976
†Aviculopecten paradoxus Liu 1976
†Aviculopecten paredezii d'Orbigny 1842
†Aviculopecten pealei White 1879
†Aviculopecten peculiaris Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten peroccidens Walcott 1884
†Aviculopecten pintoensis Walcott 1884
†Aviculopecten pitkinensis Snider 1915
†Aviculopecten planoradiatus M'Coy 1851
†Aviculopecten ponderosus Etheridge and Dun 1906
†Aviculopecten pracaensis Kittl 1903
†Aviculopecten praecox Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten prototextorius Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten pseudoctenostreon Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten pseudoradiatus Fredericks 1915
†Aviculopecten punjabensis Reed 1931
†Aviculopecten qinghaiensis Lu 1986
†Aviculopecten regularis Reed 1944
†Aviculopecten rossiensis Netschajew 1894
†Aviculopecten ruklensis Reed 1944
†Aviculopecten scheremetus Guskov 1984
†Aviculopecten schlosseri Bittner 1902
†Aviculopecten serdobowae Fredericks 1915
†Aviculopecten shiroshitai Nakazawa and Newell 1968
†Aviculopecten sicanus Gemmellaro 1896
†Aviculopecten simplicus Chen et al. 1974
†Aviculopecten squamiger Reed 1944
†Aviculopecten squamula Girty 1910
†Aviculopecten squamula Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten subfimbriatus de Verneuil 1848
†Aviculopecten subparadoxus Lu 1986
†Aviculopecten subregularis Lu 1986
†Aviculopecten subtristriatus Lu 1986
†Aviculopecten sulaensis Muromtseva 1984
†Aviculopecten sumnerensis Newell 1938
†Aviculopecten terminalis Hall 1884
†Aviculopecten tompo Muromtseva 1984
†Aviculopecten toulai Lundgren 1887
†Aviculopecten tristriatus Renz 1940
†Aviculopecten ufaensis Tschernyschew 1902
†Aviculopecten uralicus Fredericks 1915
†Aviculopecten verbeeki Fliegel 1901
†Aviculopecten waageni Fliegel 1901
†Aviculopecten wilczekiformis Licharew 1927
†Aviculopecten winchelli Meek 1875
†Aviculopecten wynnei Waagen 1881
†Aviculopecten xiaoyuanchongensis Fang 1987
†Aviculopecten xiengmenensis Mansuy 1912
†Aviculopecten yunnanensis Guo 1985
†Pecten (Aviculopecten) subloczyi Krumbeck 1924
Invalid names: Aviculopecten hemisphaerus Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Aviculopecten jiaozishanensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Aviculopecten langdaiensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Aviculopecten spinocostatus Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Aviculopecten symmetricus Xu 1980 [nomen nudum], Aviculopecten zhongyingensis Xu 1980 [nomen nudum]
Subfm. †Chaenocardiinae Miller 1889
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G. †Obliquipecten Hind 1903
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†Obliquipecten granti Newell and Boyd 1995
†Obliquipecten laevis Hind 1903
G. †Clavicosta Newell 1938
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†Clavicosta dashizhaiensis Liang 1980
†Clavicosta echinata Newell 1938
†Clavicosta rugatula Waterhouse 1978
†Clavicosta wuchangensis Liang 1980
G. †Eumorphotis Bittner 1901
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†Eumorphotis amplicostata Ciriacks 1963
†Eumorphotis buhaheensis Lu 1979
†Eumorphotis ericius Hautmann et al. 2013
†Eumorphotis gronensis Wittenburg 1908
†Eumorphotis hinnitidea Bittner 1898
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Invalid names: Pseudomonotis spinicosta Wittenburg 1908 [synonym]
†Eumorphotis huancangensis Chen 1976
†Eumorphotis inaequicostata Benecke 1868
†Eumorphotis inaequicostatus Benecke 1868
†Eumorphotis iwanowi Bittner 1899
†Eumorphotis lorigae Posenato 2005
†Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899
†Eumorphotis nationalis Smith 1927
†Eumorphotis praecurrens Merla 1930
†Eumorphotis rugosa Chen 1976
†Eumorphotis shajingengi Hautmann et al. 2011
†Eumorphotis spicata Guo 1985
†Eumorphotis striatocostata Stache 1878
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Invalid names: Hinnites crinifer Stache 1878 [synonym], Pecten duronicus Wittenburg 1908 [synonym], Pseudomonotis bocharica Bittner 1898 [synonym]
†Eumorphotis telleri Bittner 1899
†Eumorphotis tenuistriata Bittner 1899
†Eumorphotis venetiana Hauer 1850
†Eumorphotis virginensis Hautmann et al. 2013
†Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata Bittner 1900
†Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) nodulata Reed 1944
Invalid names: Neomorphotis [synonym]
Tr. †Globodiscini Hautmann et al. 2021
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G. †Globodiscus Hautmann et al. 2021
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†Globodiscus kiliani Hautmann et al. 2021
†Globodiscus vinzenti Hautmann et al. 2021
G. †Ornithopecten Cox 1961
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†Ornithopecten beneckei Bittner 1895
†Ornithopecten bosniae Bittner 1902
†Ornithopecten elegantulus Bittner 1901
†Ornithopecten esinensis Bittner 1895
†Ornithopecten interruptus Bittner 1902
†Ornithopecten katzeri Bittner 1902
†Ornithopecten magnauritus Yang 1987
†Ornithopecten temirbabensis Kiparisova 1980
†Ornithopecten triadicus Salomon 1895
†Ornithopecten wissmanni Münster 1841
G. †Paradoxipecten Zhang 1981
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†Paradoxipecten dalongensis Yin 1983
†Paradoxipecten flabelliformis Fang 1987
†Paradoxipecten jiaheensis Zhang 1981
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Invalid names: Etheripecten subquadratus Zhang 1981 [synonym], Paradoxipecten rarocostatus Zhang 1981 [synonym]
†Paradoxipecten latisinus Yin 1983
†Paradoxipecten longispinus Yin 1983
†Paradoxipecten opisthoclinus Zhang 1981
†Paradoxipecten trigonalis Feng et al. 1992
Subfm. †Undopectininae Waterhouse 2001
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G. †Hayasakapecten Nakazawa and Newell 1968
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†Hayasakapecten minoensis Hayasaka 1925
†Hayasakapecten reticularis Hayasaka 1925
†Hayasakapecten reticulatus Hayasaka 1925
†Hayasakapecten sasakii Murata 1964
†Hayasakapecten shimizui Nakazawa and Newell 1968
G. †Turbopecten Astafieva 1991
G. †Undopecten Waterhouse 1982
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†Undopecten fittoni Morris 1845
Invalid names: Morrisipecten Muromtseva and Guskov 1984 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Aviculopectininae Meek 1864 [empty], Euchondriinae Newell 1938 [empty], Hayasakapectininae Boyd and Newell 2000 [empty]
Fm. †Deltopectinidae Dickins 1957
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Subfm. †Cyrtorostrinae Newell and Boyd 1995
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G. †Cyrtorostra Branson 1930
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†Cyrtorostra atavum Waagen 1881
†Cyrtorostra cardiiformis Reed 1931
†Cyrtorostra caucasica Licharew 1939
†Cyrtorostra fraterna Reed 1944
†Cyrtorostra jisuensis Grabau 1931
†Cyrtorostra limitans Waterhouse 1987
†Cyrtorostra lunwalensis Reed 1944
†Cyrtorostra nana Biakov 2002
†Cyrtorostra obeliscus Liang 1980
†Cyrtorostra omanensis Dickins 1999
†Cyrtorostra primorica Kushnar 1986
†Cyrtorostra subexotica Waagen 1881
†Cyrtorostra trifurcata Reed 1944
†Cyrtorostra varicostata Branson 1930
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Invalid names: Aviculopecten alatus Branson 1930 [synonym], Aviculopecten alternatus Branson 1930 [synonym]
†Oxytoma atavum cardiformis Reed 1931
G. †Deltopecten Etheridge 1892
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†Deltopecten barchatovae Muromtseva 1984
†Deltopecten caneyanus Girty 1909
†Deltopecten harringtoni Rocha-Campos and de Carvalho 1975
†Deltopecten illawarrensis Morris 1845
†Deltopecten keaseyorum Hickman 2023
†Deltopecten kieli Hickman 2023
†Deltopecten limaeformis Morris 1845
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Invalid names: Aviculopecten multiradiatus Etheridge 1872 [synonym], Deltopecten imbricatus Etheridge 1872 [synonym]
†Deltopecten longeare Liang 1980
†Deltopecten lyonsensis Dickins 1957
†Deltopecten mitchelli Etheridge and Dun 1906
†Deltopecten rienitzi Mitchell 1927
†Deltopecten tahlequahensis Snider 1915
†Deltopecten waageni Gemmellaro 1896
†Deltopecten waterfordi Dickins 1963
Subfm. †Squamuliferipectininae Waterhouse 2008
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G. †Squamuliferipecten Waterhouse 1986
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†Squamuliferipecten angulata Waterhouse 1987
†Squamuliferipecten extensus Fletcher 1929
†Squamuliferipecten latispatia Waterhouse 1987
†Squamuliferipecten squamuliferus Morris 1845
G. †Vorkutopecten Guskov 1984
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†Vorkutopecten netschajewi Licharew 1927
†Vorkutopecten svalbardensis Nakazawa 1999
†Vorkutopecten talis Lutkevitch and Lobanova 1960
Invalid names: Deltopectininae Dickins 1957 [empty]
Fm. †Limatulinidae Waterhouse 2001
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G. †Limatulina Koninck 1885
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†Limatulina aspera Gemmellaro 1896
†Limatulina consanguinea Gemmellaro 1896
†Limatulina hunanensis Fang 1987
†Limatulina lima Holzapfel 1889
†Limatulina propinqua Reed 1944
†Limatulina striaticostata Girty 1909
Fm. †Pseudomonotidae Newell 1938
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G. †Prospondylus Zimmerman 1886
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†Prospondylus acinetus Newell and Boyd 1970
†Prospondylus chintongia Yancey 1985
†Prospondylus crassus Broili 1904
†Prospondylus liebeanus Zimmerman 1886
†Prospondylus palliatus Broili 1904
†Prospondylus shakhtauensis Biakov 2023
†Prospondylus zimmermanni Broili 1904
†Pseudomonotis (Prospondylus) squamosa Frech 1912
Subfm. †Pseudomonotinae Newell 1938
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G. †Pegmavalvula Newell and Boyd 1970
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†Pegmavalvula delicata Newell and Boyd 1970
†Pegmavalvula gloveri Newell and Boyd 1970
†Pegmavalvula triassica Newell and Boyd 1995
G. †Pseudomonotis von Beyrich 1862
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Subg. †Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) Beyrich 1862
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†Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) permianus Maslennikov 1935
†Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis) speluncaria von Schlotheim 1816
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Invalid names: Avicula gryphaeoides Sowerby 1829 [synonym], Monotis garforthensis King 1850 [synonym], Ostrea matercula de Verneuil 1845 [synonym], Pseudomonotis radialis Phillips 1834 [synonym]
Subg. †Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) Newell and Boyd 1970
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†Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) carnarvonensis Skwarko 1988
†Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) likharevi Newell and Boyd 1970
†Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) sparsicostata Frebold 1933
†Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha) wandageensis Newell and Boyd 1970
†Pseudomonotis aueri Wittenburg 1908
†Pseudomonotis aurisculpta Mather 1915
†Pseudomonotis austriaca Bittner 1900
†Pseudomonotis beedei Newell 1938
†Pseudomonotis boreas Oeberg 1877
†Pseudomonotis caucasica Wittenburg 1913
†Pseudomonotis circularis Gabb 1870
†Pseudomonotis dubiosa Bittner 1901
†Pseudomonotis equistriata Beede 1900
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Invalid names: Pseudomonotis kansasensis Beede 1900 [synonym], Pseudomonotis tenuistriata Beede 1899 [synonym]
†Pseudomonotis excentrostriata Krumbeck 1913
†Pseudomonotis fredoniensis Newell 1938
†Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus Grabau 1931
†Pseudomonotis gigantea Waagen 1881
†Pseudomonotis hawni Meek and Hayden 1858
†Pseudomonotis immanis Gemmellaro 1896
†Pseudomonotis kumpani Fedotov 1932
†Pseudomonotis leiyangensis Liu 1976
†Pseudomonotis leptopleura Wittenburg 1908
†Pseudomonotis loczyi Bittner 1901
†Pseudomonotis millhorni Hoare et al. 1978
†Pseudomonotis mongoliensis Grabau 1931
†Pseudomonotis nigricans Stefanini 1939
†Pseudomonotis ochotica Keyserling 1848
†Pseudomonotis praecursor Mather 1915
†Pseudomonotis qinglongensis Xu 1976
†Pseudomonotis robusta Beede 1890
†Pseudomonotis sayrei Newell 1938
†Pseudomonotis spinosa Sayre 1930
†Pseudomonotis subangulata Yin 1983
†Pseudomonotis sublaevis Girty 1909
†Pseudomonotis tibeticus Chen 1982
†Pseudomonotis toulai Gemmellaro 1896
Invalid names: Aviculomonotis Grabau 1931 [synonym], Pachypteria Koninck 1885 [synonym]
Fm. †Voluceropectinidae Biakov 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Albian or 402.50000 to 100.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 393.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 393.3 Ma
Collections (1859 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian | Canada (Quebec) | Aviculopecten sp. (608) | |
| Late/Upper Emsian | Italy | Aviculopecten princeps (26257) Aviculopecten princeps, Aviculopecten incertus (26253) | |
| Middle Devonian | USA (New York) | Aviculopecten sp. (91091 91228 91229 91240 91246 91277 91278) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Aviculopecten ornatus (89653 89668) Aviculopecten sp. (8978 8979 8982 8983 8993 9000 9001 9016 9017 9028 9356 9363 9365 9366) | |
| Givetian | USA (Indiana) | Aviculopecten invalidus, Aviculopecten terminalis (170009) | |
| Givetian | USA (Ohio) | Aviculopecten princeps (76565) Aviculopecten sp. (38469) | |
| Givetian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Aviculopecten sp. (44183) | |
| Givetian | Canada (Manitoba) | Aviculopecten tenuis (6718) | |
| Givetian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Aviculopecten bellus (9662) Aviculopecten equilatera (9888) Aviculopecten sp. (627) | |
| Frasnian | Spain | Aviculopecten sp. (162206) | |
| Frasnian | Colombia (Boyaca) | Aviculopecten sp. A, Aviculopecten sp. B, Aviculopecten wellsi (36012) | |
| Middle Frasnian | France (Alsace) | Aviculopecten multicostata, Aviculopecten lineolata (65777) Aviculopecten sp. (65764) | |
| Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Aviculopecten sp. 3 (38294) | |
| Famennian - Tournaisian | United Kingdom (England) | Aviculopecten transversus (38440) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Colorado) | Aviculopecten sp. (644 3660) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Aviculopecten halli, Aviculopecten nexilis, Aviculopecten aguisgranensis, Aviculopecten serratus, Aviculopecten clathratus, Undopecten sp. 1 (162207) Aviculopecten halli, Aviculopecten transversus, Aviculopecten nexilis (38266) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Ohio) | Aviculopecten sp. (3442 3456 3457) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | United Kingdom (England) | Aviculopecten halli, Aviculopecten nexilis (38143) Aviculopecten nexilis (162210) Aviculopecten sp. (38429) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Missouri) | Aviculopecten marbuti (6018 6026) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Iowa) | Aviculopecten marbuti (5933) | |