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Diplodonta (Diplodonta)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Bronn
1977Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Adegoke p. 258
1982Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Dockery p. 60
1982Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Woodring p. 625
1985Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Glibert p. 283
1988Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Freneix et al. p. 419
1988Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Moore p. D26
2001Diplodonta (Diplodonta) Todd

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyUngulinoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familyUngulinidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusDiplodontaBronn 1831
subgenusDiplodontaBronn 1831

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 14:03:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:05:01
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (160 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Diplodonta frosti (205466)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Diplodonta adangmarum, Diplodonta nigeriensis (7791)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Diplodonta marlboroensis (91709 91721)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Diplodonta cretacea (52422 52426 52427 52429 52430 52433) Diplodonta polita (122337) Taras unisulcatus, Taras politus (122656)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Diplodonta hopkinsensis (101315)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Diplodonta hopkinsensis (90609 92375 92390)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Diplodonta ungulina (89849 92783)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Virginia) Diplodonta ungulina (1447 1448)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Diplodonta polita (122659)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Diplodonta ungulina (52344)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Diplodonta ungulina (1435 1436 1437 1443 1444 81208)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Diplodonta petropolitana (41436)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Diplodonta ungulina (1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1429)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Diplodonta polita (139020)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Diplodonta petropolitana (7437 7438 7439 90656) Diplodonta satex (92201)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Diplodonta ungulina (92394 164232 205535)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Diplodonta ungulina (2418 2419 2422 2423 5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 81266 81275 81278 81279 81282 90469 90600 98271 205489) Diplodonta ungulina, Diplodonta inflator (205438)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Diplodonta alta (205613)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Diplodonta alta (155962 169205 205615) Diplodonta eburnea (5791 5805 5867 5941 5943 5944 5947 6002 6005 66330)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Austria (Lower Austria) Diplodonta rotundata (55242)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Austria Diplodonta rotundata (77734)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Austria (Upper Austria) Diplodonta rotundata (55237)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Canada (British Columbia) Diplodonta stephensoni (63087)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Panama Diplodonta alta (42558)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Diplodonta stephensoni (122273)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Diplodonta alta (71652)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Panama Diplodonta alta (42556 42557 42578)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Diplodonta alta (60985 61070)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Diplodonta rotundata (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Diplodonta buwaldana (44912 237346 238214 238217 238218 238243 238261 238262)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Diplodonta rotundata (180379)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Diplodonta rotundata (111599)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (California) Taras buwaldana (206393)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Diplodonta rotundata (61904)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Diplodonta rotundata (51690 51691)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Diplodonta rotundata (60288 60312)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (95167)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Diplodonta leptodoma (68970)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Diplodonta sp. (74935)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Diplodonta homalostriata (93147 93164)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Diplodonta homalostriata (145200 145334 145340 145352 145567)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Diplodonta rotundata (37378)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Diplodonta woodringi (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Diplodonta woodringi (88312)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Diplodonta rotundata (69864 70860 70864 70879 70882 70885 70886)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Diplodonta rotundata (69860 70890)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Atlántico) Diplodonta woodringi (88310)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Diplodonta sp. (74965 74968)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Diplodonta rotundata (84755 84763 84795 84992)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Diplodonta homalostriata, Diplodonta minor (58522) Diplodonta sp. (69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Diplodonta sp. (80036)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Diplodonta sp. (69018)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Diplodonta rotundata (84759)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (86803)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Diplodonta collina (134653)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan Diplodonta gouldi (97028)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Yemen Diplodonta rotundata (55369 55373 55382)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Diplodonta rotundata (127586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Türkiye Diplodonta rotundata (78333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Diplodonta rotundata (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Diplodonta sp. (69087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Diplodonta rotundata (98205)