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Macrodon (Catella) tyaughtonae

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Macrodon (Catella) tyaughtonae was named by McLearn (1942). Its type specimen is GSC 9426 and is a mold. Its type locality is 7500 feet north of Tyaughton creek, which is in a Rhaetian marine siliciclastic in the Tyaughton Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Catella moenana, Catella numismalis, M. inornatum, M. mylii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Macrodon (Catella) tyaughtonae McLearn p. 99 figs. Pl 1, 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
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyGrammatodontinaeBranson 1942
tribeCatelliniScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusMacrodonHealey 1908
subgenusCatella
speciestyaughtonae

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available