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Parallelodon dickinsi

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Parallelodon dickinsi was named by Waterhouse (1980) [Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra]. Its type specimen is CPC 45359 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northwest of Mount Marmion (UWA collection), which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Liveringa Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Parallelodon dickinsi Waterhouse p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyParallelodontinaeDall 1898
genusParallelodon
speciesdickinsi

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.

Parallelodon dickinsi Waterhouse 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height88.976.0015.08.502.67

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:21:49
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:20:39
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 274.40000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Australia (Western Australia) Parallelodon subtilistriatus (83621 83630 type locality: 136687)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) Parallelodon dickinsi (41767 41780)