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Etheriidae
Taxonomy
Etheriidae was named by Deshayes (1830) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5134]. It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Mulleriidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Unionacea by Newell (1965) and Vokes (1980); to Etherioidea by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006) and Nevesskaja (2009); and to Mullerioidea by Carter et al. (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Mulleriidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Unionacea by Newell (1965) and Vokes (1980); to Etherioidea by Bieler and Mikkelsen (2006) and Nevesskaja (2009); and to Mullerioidea by Carter et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1830 | Etheriidae Deshayes |
1965 | Etheriidae Newell p. 18 |
1980 | Etheriidae Vokes p. 94 |
2006 | Etheriidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 230 |
2009 | Etheriidae Nevesskaja |
2011 | Etheriidae Carter et al. p. 13 |
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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. Etheriidae Deshayes 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Burdigalian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Etheria sp. (92703) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya | Etheria elliptica (38060) | |
Pliocene - Calabrian | Ethiopia | Etheria indet. (21991) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Etheria indet. (22089) | |
Gelasian | Ethiopia | Etheria indet. (22011 22039) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Etheria elliptica (22074) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Etheria elliptica (22066) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Etheria elliptica (208786 208787) |