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Eurydesma playfordi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae

Taxonomy
Eurydesma playfordi was named by Dickins (1957). Its type specimen is CPC 2228, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Callytharra Springs (1 mile W), Byro Homestead, which is in a Sakmarian coastal siliciclastic in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Eurydesma playfordi Dickins p. 33 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-11; pl 10, figs 1,, 2, 5; text-figs 5, 6
1959Eurydesma playfordi Sahni and Dutt p. 661 figs. Pl 26, figs 2,6,6a
1970Eurydesma playfordi Runnegar p. 98 figs. Pl 14, figs 7-15
1983Eurydesma playfordi Liu and Cui p. 85 figs. Pl 9, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
superfamilyEurydesmatoideaReed 1932
familyEurydesmatidae(Reed 1932)
genusEurydesma
speciesplayfordi

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.

Eurydesma playfordi Dickins 1957
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