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Ameritella
Taxonomy
Ameritella was named by Huber et al. (2015). It is extant.
It was assigned to Tellinidae by Huber et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Tellinidae by Huber et al. (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2015 | Ameritella Huber et al. p. 658 |
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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.
G. Ameritella Huber et al. 2015
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Ameritella carpenteri Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Angulus variegatus Carpenter 1864 [replaced], Tellina (Moerella) arenica Hertlein and Strong 1949 [synonym]
Ameritella modesta Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Macoma pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym], Tellina buttoni Dall 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean - Gelasian | USA (California) | Tellina carpenteri (214264) | |
| Gelasian | USA (California) | Tellina buttoni (189765 207643 207656 207663 207713) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tellina buttoni (231899) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tellina buttoni (201624) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tellina buttoni (202648 203108 223327) Tellina buttoni, Tellina carpenteri (138723) Tellina carpenteri (203113 203114) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Macoma pedroana (222646) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tellina buttoni (37672 37673 59063 96566 96895) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Tellina buttoni (52347 67641) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Panama (Panama) | Moerella carpenteri (160395) |