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Taxonomy
Brachidontes (Arcomytilus) was named by Agassiz (1842).
It was assigned to Brachidontes by Agassiz (1842).
It was assigned to Brachidontes by Agassiz (1842).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1842 | Brachidontes (Arcomytilus) Agassiz |
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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.
Subg. †Brachidontes (Arcomytilus) Agassiz 1842
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†Brachidontes (Arcomytilus) asper Sowerby 1818
†Brachidontes (Arcomytilus) bathonicus Morris and Lycett 1853
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Bathonian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 167.70000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bathonian | Kenya | Brachidontes asper (36457) | |
| Middle Bathonian | France (Champagne-Ardenne) | Brachidontes asper (96166) | |
| Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian | France (Picardie) | Brachidontes bathonicus (96159) | |
| Callovian | Kenya | Brachidontes asper (36468) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Tanzania | Brachidontes subpectinatus (35570) | |
| Middle Tithonian | Germany | Brachidontes couloni (13399 13400 13401) |