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Taxonomy
Ostrea messor was named by Maury (1925). It is a 3D body fossil.
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. agnevoensis, O. ajatensis, O. arkotensis, O. bryani, O. chillyensis, O. cunabula, O. densata, O. denselamellosa, O. duvergieri, O. elhuyari, O. eothirsae, O. equatoralis, O. equatorialis, O. erina, O. esutoruensis, O. fimbriata, O. guaranitica, O. idrianensis, O. lapillicola, O. longiuscula, O. mackayi, O. maradensis, O. maxima, O. mcnairyensis, O. mesentrica, O. palaemon, O. pauciplicata, O. penegemmea, O. petrosal, O. restinensis, O. rudicula, O. sakaryensis, O. sallomacensis, O. selleformis, O. sicardi, O. sinuosa, O. sloani, O. sublingua, O. tigiliana, O. trachydiscus, O. virgata, O. boriesi, O. boussaci, O. cimana, O. mitsuiana, O. rouardti, O. rouaulti, O. perirregularis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Ostrea messor Maury p. 81 figs. pl. 10, figs. 3, 4 |
| 1929 | Ostrea messor Weisbord p. 12 |
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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.
†Ostrea messor Maury 1925
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†Ostrea messor colombiensis Weisbord 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Miocene | Colombia (Atlantico) | Ostrea messor (60683) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Haiti | Ostrea megodon (60110) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Ostrea messor (81976) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia | Ostrea messor (133223 133232 133234) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Ostrea megodon (58874) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia (Atlántico) | Ostrea megodon (88304 88309) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia (Bolívar) | Ostrea megodon (88313) |