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Benthopectinidae
Taxonomy
Benthopectinidae was named by Verrill (1899). It is extant. Its type is Benthopecten. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987) and Gale (2011) and Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Notomyotina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Notomyotida by Ludwig (1910), Gale (1987), Blake (1989), Blake and Jagt (2005) and Villier (2008); to Paxillosida by Gale (2011); and to Paxillosida by Gale (2011), Mah and Blake (2012) and Gale and Jagt (2021).
It was assigned to Notomyotina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Notomyotida by Ludwig (1910), Gale (1987), Blake (1989), Blake and Jagt (2005) and Villier (2008); to Paxillosida by Gale (2011); and to Paxillosida by Gale (2011), Mah and Blake (2012) and Gale and Jagt (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1899 | Benthopectinidae Verrill pp. 200, 217 |
| 1910 | Benthopectinidae Ludwig pp. 435-440 |
| 1966 | Benthopectinidae Spencer and Wright p. U48 |
| 1987 | Benthopectinidae Gale p. 125 |
| 1989 | Benthopectinidae Blake p. 213 |
| 2005 | Benthopectinidae Blake and Jagt p. 190 |
| 2008 | Benthopectinidae Villier p. 150 |
| 2011 | Benthopectinidae Gale p. 76 |
| 2012 | Benthopectinidae Mah and Blake p. 3 |
| 2021 | Benthopectinidae Gale and Jagt p. 160 |
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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.
Fm. Benthopectinidae Verrill 1899
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G. Cheiraster Studer 1883
G. †Jurapecten Gale 2011
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†Jurapecten dhondtae Gale and Jagt 2021
†Jurapecten hessi Gale 2011
†Jurapecten infrajurensis Gale and Jagt 2021
G. †Punkaster Gale and Jagt 2021
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†Punkaster ruegenensis Gale and Jagt 2021
†Punkaster spinifera Gale and Jagt 2021
Invalid names: Paleobenthopectininae Blake 1984 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Rupelian or 164.70000 to 28.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.2 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Callovian | Poland | Benthopectinidae indet. (63064) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | France | Jurapecten hessi (61724) | |
| Early/Lower Hauterivian | France | Benthopectinidae indet. (59653) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France | Benthopectinidae indet. (59619) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Belgium (Liege) | Benthopectinidae indet. (32147) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | Benthopectinidae indet. (32148) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Belgium (Liege) | Benthopectinidae indet. (32156) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian | Netherlands | Cheiraster sp. (32162) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | USA (Oregon) | Mistia spinosa (59920) |