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Pteromyrtea

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Pteromyrtea was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani Q Plei].

It was reranked as Megaxinus (Pteromyrtea) by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Megaxinus by Cox et al. (1969); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lucinidae by Beu et al. (1990) and Beu (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. obesa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Pteromyrtea Finlay p. 461
1969Megaxinus (Pteromyrtea) Cox et al. p. 498
1990Pteromyrtea Beu et al. p. 396
2002Pteromyrtea Sepkoski
2006Pteromyrtea Beu p. 212

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusPteromyrteaFinlay 1926

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. †Pteromyrtea Finlay 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 70.60000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) P. sp. (74015 74061)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (74186 74302)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) P. sp. (73882 73949 73959 73961 73963 73997)
Danian66.0 - 61.6New Zealand (Southland) P. obesa (50176 50211 50217)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) P. sp. (73884 73885 73886 73888 73889 73902 73905 73909 73912 73914 73915 73916 73917 73918 73920 73921 73922 73924 73925 73926 73935 73936 73937 73941 73942 73973 73974 73976 73977 73978 73979 73980 73981 73982 73983 73984 73985 73986 73987 73988 73990 73991 73992 73993 73995 74002 74004 74005 74006 74007 74008)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (74151 74152 74155 74156 74157 74161 74163 74164 74166 74167 74168 74170 74171)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand P. n. sp. (64697 64699 64701) P. obesa (64704)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina P. crucialis (71402)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Curz) P. crucialis (48067)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (East Coast) P. sp. (45184)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. crucialis (48068)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) P. auriculata (204564 205949)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina P. crucialis (71403 71427 71428 71429 71539 71540 71541 71542 71543 185967)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina P. crucialis (71425)
Waiauan12.7 - 11.608New Zealand P. sp. (63089)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina P. danieli (71548 71564 71571)