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Taxonomy
Cytherea ovata was named by Rogers and Rogers (1837). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Pitaria (Pitaria) ovata by Palmer (1927) and Brann and Kent (1960); it was recombined as Meretrix ovata by Richards (1948); it was recombined as Pitar ovata by Vokes (1961); it was recombined as Pitar (Pitar) ovatus by Palmer and Brann (1965).
It was recombined as Pitaria (Pitaria) ovata by Palmer (1927) and Brann and Kent (1960); it was recombined as Meretrix ovata by Richards (1948); it was recombined as Pitar ovata by Vokes (1961); it was recombined as Pitar (Pitar) ovatus by Palmer and Brann (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aldrichi, P. californiana, P. cosanguineus, P. matheroni, P. megacostata, P. nuttalliopsis, P. obliquata, P. poulsoni, P. protena, P. ripleyanus, P. sciena, P. sculpturata, P. semeliformis, P. soledadensis, P. stantoni, P. subnasuta, P. subpellucidum, P. swedani, P. thompsoni, P. turneri, P. turneri, P. kavranensis, P. striata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Cytherea ovata Rogers and Rogers p. 340 |
| 1895 | Cytherea ovata Clark p. 5 |
| 1927 | Pitaria (Pitaria) ovata Palmer p. 11 |
| 1948 | Meretrix ovata Richards p. 3 |
| 1960 | Pitaria (Pitaria) ovata Brann and Kent p. 703 |
| 1961 | Pitar ovata Vokes p. 50 |
| 1965 | Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Palmer and Brann p. 271 |
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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.
†Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Rogers and Rogers 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Bartonian or 58.70000 to 38.00000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanetian | USA (New Jersey) | Meretrix ovata (3113 124966) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Virginia) | Cytherea ovata (84048) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | Pitar ovatus (90473 91861 101242 101314) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | Pitar ovatus (91117 91550 91551 92169 92170 99262 99264 99267 99270 99290 99291) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (North Carolina) | Pitar ovatus (98983) | |
| Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | Cytherea ovata (92492) |