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Tanaodon louderbacki

Bivalvia - Lyrodesmatidae

Taxonomy

Tanaodon louderbacki was named by Kirk (1927). Its type specimen is USNM, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonyms

Neoactinodonta amygdalina was named by Heidecker (1959). Its type specimen is U. Queensland F.25821, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lowes Basin, near old Dalrymple township, 25 miles now of Charters Towers, which is in a Givetian shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in the Burdekin Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Neoactinodonta.

It was recombined as Tanaodon amygdalina by Cox et al. (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Tanaodon louderbacki by Pojeta et al. (1986); it was misspelled as Tanodon amygdalina by Cook (1993).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1927	Tanaodon louderbacki Kirk p. 2
1959	Neoactinodonta amygdalina Heidecker pp. 3 - 5 figs. pl. 1 f. 1a-c; pl. 3 f. 1a-e
1969	Tanaodon amygdalina Cox et al. p. N399
1969	Tanaodon louderbacki Cox et al. p. N399
1986	Tanaodon louderbacki Pojeta et al. p. 79 figs. pl. 25 f. 1-8; pl. 26 f. 1-8
1993	Tanodon amygdalina Cook p. 817
1993	Tanodon louderbacki Cook p. 817

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
—	Unioni	Gray 1854
superfamily	Lyrodesmatoidea	Ulrich 1894
family	Lyrodesmatidae	Ulrich 1894
genus	Tanaodon
species	louderbacki

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.

†Tanaodon louderbacki Kirk 1927

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Invalid names: Neoactinodonta amygdalina Heidecker 1959 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available