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Fidera maryae

Bivalvia - Nuculida - Praenuculidae

Taxonomy
Fidera maryae was named by Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977). Its type specimen is UT 94493, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 76. Austral Valley, immediately east of Zeehan Smelters Quarry, Zeehan, which is in an Eastonian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Gordon Limestone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Fidera.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Fidera maryae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson p. 11 figs. pl. 5 f. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderNuculida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyNuculoidea(Gray 1824)
familyPraenuculidaeMcAlester 1968
genusFidera
speciesmaryae

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.

Fidera maryae Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Pojeta and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977Fidera with anterior and posterior tooth-rows meeting under the beak in a broad but distinct angle.