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Taxonomy
Ostrea arrosis was named by Aldrich (1904). Its type specimen is USNM 639026, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis by Palmer and Brann (1965).
It was recombined as Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis by Palmer and Brann (1965).
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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| 1904 | Ostrea arrosis Aldrich p. 61 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1-4 |
| 1965 | Ostrea (Ostrea) arrosis Palmer and Brann p. 230 |
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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 (Ostrea) arrosis Aldrich 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Thanetian or 58.70000 to 56.00000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Alabama) | Ostrea arrosis (85330 85562) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | USA (Alabama) | Ostrea arrosis (80367 98309) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (South Carolina) | Ostrea arrosis (92462 92463 92464 92465 92466 92467) |