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Eumorphotis amplicostata

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy
Eumorphotis amplicostata was named by Ciriacks (1963). Its type specimen is MCZ 15664 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Frying Pan Gulch, Beaverhead County, which is in a Griesbachian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Dinwoody Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Eumorphotis amplicostata Ciriacks p. 77 figs. Pl 15, figs 10-12
2013Eumorphotis amplicostata Hofmann et al. p. 866 figs. 8.11, 8.12

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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
—AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyAviculopectinoideaMeek and Hayden 1864
familyAviculopectinidae
genusEumorphotisBittner 1901
speciesamplicostata

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.

†Eumorphotis amplicostata Ciriacks 1963
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Diagnosis
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