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Parallelodon bimodoliratus

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Parallelodon bimodoliratus was named by Dickins (1963). Its type specimen is UWA 45352 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR PB10, Fossil Ridge, Irwin River Area, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in the Fossil Cliff Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Parallelodon bimodoliratus Dickins
2019Parallelodon bimodoliratus Biakov p. 245 figs. Pl 3, fig 5

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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
speciesbimodoliratus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height69.264.5016.010.04.29

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation Parallelodon bimodoliratus (102159)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Parallelodon bimodoliratus (82293 84591 85845 85847 85982 101207 107345 107347 107349)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Parallelodon bimodoliratus (202201)