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Dosinia (Dosinia) ponderosa titan

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Dosinia titan was named by Maury (1925). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dosinia (Dosinia) ponderosa titan by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Dosinia titan Maury p. 139 figs. pl. 24, figs. 1, 2
1982Dosinia (Dosinia) ponderosa titan Woodring p. 696

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyDosiniini(Deshayes 1858)
genusDosiniaScopoli 1777
subgenusDosinia
speciesponderosa(Gray 1838)
subspeciestitan(Maury 1925)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:34:29
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:34:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 15.98000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Dosinia ponderosa (42598 93049 93050)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Dosinia ponderosa (145343)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Dosinia ponderosa (93145 93147)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Dosinia titan (81976 96515)