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Parallelodon capillatus

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Parallelodon capillatus was named by Waterhouse (1987). Its type specimen is UQF 70214, a valve (Right valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is UQ L4108, Ross Creek Tributary, Cracow Station, which is in a Roadian foreshore conglomerate/sandstone in the Brae Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Parallelodon capillatus Waterhouse pp. 135-136 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyParallelodontinaeDall 1898
genusParallelodon
speciescapillatus

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.

Parallelodon capillatus Waterhouse 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:21:49
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:20:39
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Roadian or 272.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Queensland) Parallelodon capillatus (type locality: 66276 66279 66282)