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Taxonomy
Falcimytilus was named by Cox (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 94,663]. It is not extant. Its type is Mytilus suprajurensis.
It was assigned to Modiolinae by Yamani (1982); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mytilidae by Vokes (1980) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Modiolinae by Yamani (1982); to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mytilidae by Vokes (1980) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Falcimytilus Cox |
| 1980 | Falcimytilus Vokes p. 24 |
| 1982 | Falcimytilus Yamani |
| 2002 | Falcimytilus Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Falcimytilus Ros-Franch et al. |
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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.
G. †Falcimytilus Cox 1937
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†Falcimytilus dietrichi Cox 1965
†Falcimytilus heranirus Hayami 1958
†Falcimytilus nasai Kobayashi and Ichikawa 1950
†Falcimytilus stricapillatus Hayami 1958
†Falcimytilus suprajurensis Cox 1925
†Falcimytilus tigrensis Blanford 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| valve height | 2 | 37.6 | 33.5 | 42.2 | 37.9 | 6.19 |
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| Source: f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 247.20000 to 99.60000 Ma
Collections (95 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anisian | Russian Federation | F. nasai (124667 124670) | |
| Illyrian | Russian Federation | F. nasai (135965 135968) | |
| Ladinian | Russian Federation | F. nasai (124561 124564) | |
| Fassanian | Russian Federation | F. nasai (135969 135970) | |
| Longobardian | Russian Federation | F. nasai (135913) | |
| Carnian | Japan (Kochi) | F. tenuiformis, F. nasai (40471) | |
| Carnian | Japan (Yamaguchi) | F. hirabarensis (39205) | |
| Carnian | Japan (Tokushima) | F. nasai (40478) | |
| Carnian | Japan (Kumamoto) | F. nasai (40339) | |
| Julian | Russian Federation | F. nasai (135960) | |
| Tuvalian | Russian Federation | F. nasai (124632) | |
| Lacian | Russian Federation | F. nassai (69438) | |
| Hettangian | Hungary | F. sp. (125465) | |
| Sinemurian | Mexico (Sonora) | F. sp. (40177) | |
| Pliensbachian | Japan (Niigata) | F. stricapillatus (40309 40312) | |
| Pliensbachian | Japan (Nagano) | F. stricapillatus (40332) F. stricapillatus, F. heranirus (40333) | |
| Pliensbachian | Argentina (Neuquen) | F. gigantoides (33859 33862 33863 33902 33903 33907 33908) | |
| Pliensbachian | Japan (Toyama) | F. stricapillatus (39570) | |
| Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Argentina (Neuquen) | F. gigantoides (10702) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Argentina (Neuquen) | F. gigantoides (33865) | |
| Toarcian | Japan (Nagano) | F. stricapillatus (40334) | |
| Toarcian | Japan (Toyama) | F. stricapillatus (39571) | |
| Toarcian | Japan (Niigata) | F. stricapillatus (40310) | |
| Bathonian | China (Qinghai) | F. sp. (37886) | |
| Callovian | Saudi Arabia | F. suprajurensis (48563 48564 48585 48586 48588 48589 48593 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605) | |
| Callovian | India | F. jurensis (63075) F. sp. (68665) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Tunisia | F. jurensis (13784 13785 13796 13797) | |
| Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian | Tunisia | F. jurensis (13688) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | India | F. jurensis (68598 68601) | |
| Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian | Tunisia | F. imbricatus (13659) F. jurensis (13611 13614) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | Tunisia | F. jurensis (13507) | |
| Oxfordian | Ethiopia | Mytilus tigrensis (94588) | |
| Oxfordian | Tanzania | F. dietrichi (35507) | |
| Oxfordian | Kenya | F. dietrichi (36489) F. jurensis (36477 36481) F. tifoensis (36484) F. tifoensis, F. dietrichi (36485) | |
| Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | Yemen (Wadi Hajar) | F. jurensis (2586) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Germany (Bavaria) | F. dietrichi (95770) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Ethiopia | F. jurensis (94788) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Germany | F. jurensis (60387) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Kenya | F. jurensis (36494) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Oxfordian | Yemen (Wadi Hajar) | F. jurensis (2584) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Kenya | F. jurensis (36497) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Tanzania | F. dietrichi (35460 35504 35573) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Tanzania | F. dietrichi (35570) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Tanzania | F. dietrichi (36279 36283 36299 36300 36309) | |
| Tithonian | Tanzania | F. dietrichi (35508) | |
| Tithonian | Greenland | F. suprajurensis (1240 1461) | |
| Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | F. suprajurensis (69134) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Tanzania | F. dietrichi (35506 35509 35571) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | F. jurensis (34608) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | F. suprajurensis (69135) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | United Kingdom (England) | F. lanceolatus (6280) |