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Cuspidaria

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cuspidaria Dall
1944Cuspidaria Durham p. 142
1951Cuspidaria Eames p. 453
1980Cuspidaria Vokes p. 212
1982Cuspidaria Woodring p. 722
1998Cuspidaria Lamprell and Healy p. 228
1999Cuspidaria Wienrich p. 260
2002Cuspidaria Sepkoski
2010Cuspidaria Bouchet et al.
2014Cuspidaria Kaim et al. p. 431

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
PoromyataRidewood 1903
orderPoromyida(Ridewood 1903)
superfamilyCuspidarioideaDall 1886
familyCuspidariidaeDall 1886
genusCuspidariaDall 1886

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. Cuspidaria Dall 1886
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Subg. Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) Dall 1886
Subg. †Cuspidaria (Rhinoclama) Dall 1886
Cuspidaria alpis Bittner 1895
Cuspidaria alpiscivicae Bittner 1895
Cuspidaria attenuata Dall 1903
Cuspidaria grandis Stephenson 1941
Cuspidaria grovensis Stephenson 1941
Cuspidaria obesa Lovén 1846
Cuspidaria persulcata Stanton 1895
Cuspidaria prima Aldrich and Meyer 1886
Cuspidaria siliqua Bittner 1895
Cuspidaria triassica Stoppani 1865
Cuspidaria variabilis Warren 1934
Cuspidaria vorbei Hanna 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, CP according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2004-02-29 17:43:53
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:54:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Carnian to the top of the Piacenzian or 237.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 235.0 Ma

Collections (222 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) C. sp. (44953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) C. luxiensis (201161)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Fukui) C. ayabensis (39563 39564 40119)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) C. semiradiata (203199)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy C. alpis, C. siliqua (144634)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Japan (Miyagi) C. praenipponica (40219 40541)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany C. sp. (23818)
Middle Jurassic174.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) C. sp. (204062)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Hungary C. sp. (124884)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Kenya C. ayersi (36460)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Portugal C. sp. (7392)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal C. portlandica (7059)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal C. sp. (67942)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Hungary C. picteti (23872)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (California) C. persulcata (151966)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Xizang) C. tibetica (64249)
Albian - Aptian113.0 - 113.0Antarctica (Alexander Island) C. sp. (2079)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) C. alaeformis (4646 4650 4652 4656 4660 6480 6482 6486 6489 6492 6543 6548 6618 6630)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. sp., C. grandis (225659)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Libya C. sp. (208626)