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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): 61.6 Ma

Collections (153 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Diplodonta frosti (205466)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Diplodonta adangmarum, Diplodonta nigeriensis (7791)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Diplodonta marlboroensis (91709 91721)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) Diplodonta hopkinsensis (101315)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Diplodonta cretacea (52422 52426 52427 52429 52430 52433) Diplodonta polita (122337) Taras unisulcatus, Taras politus (122656)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Diplodonta hopkinsensis (90609 92375 92390)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Diplodonta ungulina (89849 92783)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Diplodonta ungulina (1435 1436 1437 1443 1444 81208)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Diplodonta ungulina (52344)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Diplodonta polita (122659)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Virginia) Diplodonta ungulina (1447 1448)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Diplodonta petropolitana (41436)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Diplodonta ungulina (1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1429)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Diplodonta polita (139020)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Diplodonta ungulina (92394 164232 205535)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Diplodonta petropolitana (7437 7438 7439 90656) Diplodonta satex (92201)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (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 - 28.1USA (Alabama) Diplodonta alta (205613)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Diplodonta alta (155962 169205 205615) Diplodonta eburnea (5791 5805 5867 5941 5943 5944 5947 6002 6005 66330)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Diplodonta alta (42556 42557 42578)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Diplodonta alta (71652)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) Diplodonta stephensoni (122273)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria (Upper Austria) Diplodonta rotundata (55237)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Diplodonta rotundata (77734)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Diplodonta stephensoni (63087)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Panama Diplodonta alta (42558)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria (Lower Austria) Diplodonta rotundata (55242)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Diplodonta alta (60985 61070)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Diplodonta rotundata (78641)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Diplodonta buwaldana (44912)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Diplodonta rotundata (180379)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Diplodonta rotundata (111599)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Taras buwaldana (206393)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Diplodonta rotundata (60288 60312)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Diplodonta rotundata (61904)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Diplodonta rotundata (51690 51691)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Diplodonta leptodoma (68970)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (95167)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Diplodonta homalostriata (93147 93164)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Diplodonta sp. (74935)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Diplodonta homalostriata (145200 145334 145340 145352 145567)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Diplodonta rotundata (37378)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Diplodonta woodringi (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Diplodonta woodringi (131220)
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 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Diplodonta rotundata (84755 84763 84795 84992)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Diplodonta sp. (74965 74968)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (86801 86802)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Diplodonta sp. (80036)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Diplodonta rotundata (84759)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Diplodonta sp. (69018)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Diplodonta homalostriata, Diplodonta minor (58522) Diplodonta sp. (69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Diplodonta collina (134653)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Diplodonta rotundata (86803)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Diplodonta gouldi (97028)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Diplodonta rotundata (55369 55373 55382)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Diplodonta rotundata (127586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Diplodonta rotundata (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Turkey Diplodonta rotundata (78333)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Diplodonta sp. (69087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Diplodonta rotundata (98205)