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Gigantostrea
Taxonomy
Ostrea (Gigantostrea) was named by Sacco (1897).
It was reranked as Gigantostrea by Vokes (1980).
It was assigned to Ostrea by Sacco (1897); and to Pycnodonteinae by Vokes (1980).
It was reranked as Gigantostrea by Vokes (1980).
It was assigned to Ostrea by Sacco (1897); and to Pycnodonteinae by Vokes (1980).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1897 | Ostrea (Gigantostrea) Sacco |
1980 | Gigantostrea Vokes p. 64 |
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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. †Gigantostrea Sacco 1897
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†Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766
†Gigantostrea trigonalis Conrad 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
References: Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Burdigalian or 61.60000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (70 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Selandian | USA (Alabama) | G. sylvaerupis (205427) | |
Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | G. sylvaerupis (80776 80785) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (North Carolina) | Ostrea trigonalis (41823 41922 41923 41926 41928 41929 41941 41979) | |
Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Pycnodonte gigantica (8124) | |
Lutetian | Turkey | Ostrea gigantea (40793) | |
Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | G. trigonalis (3532 3533) | |
Bartonian | France (Oise) | Ostrea gigantica (3494) | |
Bartonian | New Zealand | G. mackayi (64730 64731 64738) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Ostrea gigantea (42636 42639 42644) | |
Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | G. trigonalis (3503 3504 3505) Ostrea trigonalis (133042) | |
Bartonian | France | Pycnodonte gigantea (78567) | |
Bartonian | USA (Louisiana) | G. trigonalis (3534) | |
Bartonian | USA (North Carolina) | G. trigonalis (5366) Ostrea trigonalis (5436 5437 41822) | |
Bartonian | Turkey | Ostrea gigantea (40794) | |
Priabonian | Bulgaria (Burgas) | Gryphaea gigantica (85445 102350) | |
Priabonian | Bulgaria | Gryphaea gigantica (102289 103757) | |
Priabonian | USA (South Carolina) | G. trigonalis (5363) | |
Priabonian | Romania | Gryphaea gigantica (101969 101970 102026) | |
Priabonian | USA (Mississippi) | Ostrea trigonalis (45635) | |
Priabonian | USA (Florida) | G. trigonalis (3572) | |
Priabonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Pycnodonte gigantica (10963) | |
Priabonian | Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) | Ostrea gigantica (102406) | |
Priabonian | Italy | Pycnodonte gigantea (78565) Pycnodonte gigantica (81043) | |
Priabonian | USA (Alabama) | G. trigonalis (3541 3542 3545 3548 3557) | |
Kaiatan | New Zealand | G. n. sp. cf. mackayi (67839) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (Mississippi) | Ostrea trigonalis (208935) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Ostrea gigantea (42640) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | USA (South Carolina) | Ostrea trigonalis (92433 92434) | |
Rupelian | USA (South Carolina) | Ostrea trigonalis (45500) | |
Rupelian | Turkey | Pycnodonte gigantica (111672) | |
Oligocene | Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) | Gryphaea gigantica (102286 102287) | |
Oligocene | Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) | Ostrea gigantica (103965) | |
Rupelian - Chattian | Turkey (Denizli) | Pycnodonte gigantica (85566) | |
Chattian | Austria (Upper Austria) | Pycnodonte gigantica (55237) | |
Chattian | Israel | Ostrea gigantica (99564) | |
Chattian | Hungary | Ostrea gigantea (8211) | |
Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Ostrea trigonalis (42379 42424 42425 42426) |