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Taxonomy
Mytilaster is a genus. It is extant.
It was assigned to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Mytilidae by Schneider et al. (2005); and to Mytilinae by Griffin et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); to Mytilidae by Schneider et al. (2005); and to Mytilinae by Griffin et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Mytilaster Sepkoski |
2005 | Mytilaster Schneider et al. p. 114 |
2008 | Mytilaster Griffin et al. |
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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. Mytilaster
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†Mytilaster edseli Griffin et al. 2008
Mytilaster lineatus Gmelin 1791
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 Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 174.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.4 Ma
Collections (14 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian | Iran (Tabas area) | M. ancestralis (141250) | |
Maastrichtian | Argentina (Mendoza) | M. edseli (106079 106083 106085) | |
Middle Miocene | Poland | M. volhynicus (51689 51690) | |
Middle Miocene | Bulgaria | M. volhynicus (60288) | |
Serravallian | Kazakhstan | M. volhynicus (174760) | |
Serravallian | Ukraine | M. sp. (70569) | |
Serravallian | Poland | M. volhynicus (70683) | |
Tortonian | Ukraine (Crimea) | M. volhynicus (194983) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Ukraine (Crimea) | M. volhynicus (194986) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Turkey | M. lineatus (78332 78333) |