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Aviculopecten praecox

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten praecox was named by Waagen (1881). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Virgal, topmost beds of Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Aviculopecten praecox by Reed (1944).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Pecten praecox Waagen p. 318 figs. Pl 23, fig 3
1944Aviculopecten praecox Reed

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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
genusAviculopecten
speciespraecox()

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.

Aviculopecten praecox Waagen 1881
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Diagnosis
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