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Euchondria cooperi

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Euchondriidae

Taxonomy
Euchondria cooperi was named by Newell and Boyd (1995). Its type specimen is USNM 431319 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM706e, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Euchondria cooperi Newell and Boyd p. 48 figs. 14.1, 14.2, 34
2012Euchondria cooperi Quiroz-Barroso et al. p. 167 figs. 3.19, 4.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderEntoliidina
superfamilyEuchondrioideaNewell 1938
familyEuchondriidae
genusEuchondria
speciescooperi

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.

Euchondria cooperi Newell and Boyd 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height32.862.443.372.840.469

Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 02:56:05
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:22:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Roadian or 298.90000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Mexico Euchondria cooperi (117974)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Euchondria cooperi (43517)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Euchondria cooperi (43512 43548 type locality: 43553 43563 81640 101808)