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Gryphaea gigantea
Taxonomy
Gryphaea gigantea was named by Sowerby (1823).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1823 | Gryphaea gigantea Sowerby |
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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.
†Gryphaea gigantea Sowerby 1823
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Steuber 2002, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Jamesoni or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliensbachian | Hungary | Gryphaea gigantea (128375) | |
| Pliensbachian | United Kingdom | Gryphaea gigantea (213646 213651 213654 213655) | |
| Pliensbachian | Bulgaria (Sofia) | Gryphaea gigantea (225551 225552 225556) | |
| Early/Lower Pliensbachian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Gryphaea gigantea (126923) | |
| Ibex - Davoei | United Kingdom | Gryphaea gigantea (218411) | |
| Jamesoni | Greenland | Gryphaea gigantea (162111) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Gryphaea gigantea (225394) | |
| Late/Upper Pliensbachian | Bulgaria (Sofia) | Gryphaea gigantea (225540 225541 225542 225546 225553 225554) | |
| Margaritatus | United Kingdom | Gryphaea gigantea (218418) | |
| Spinatum | United Kingdom | Gryphaea gigantea (218425) | |
| Spinatum | Serbia and Montenegro | Gryphaea gigantea (73350) |