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Quenstedtiidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae

Taxonomy
Quenstedtiidae was named by Cox (1929) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5195].

It was assigned to Tellinacea by Vokes (1980); and to Tellinoidea by Nevesskaja (2009), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Quenstedtia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Quenstedtiidae Cox
1980Quenstedtiidae Vokes p. 150
2009Quenstedtiidae Nevesskaja
2010Quenstedtiidae Bouchet et al.
2011Quenstedtiidae Carter et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyQuenstedtiidaeCox 1929
familyQuenstedtiidaeCox 1929

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.

Fm. †Quenstedtiidae Cox 1929
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G. †Quenstedtia Morris 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:31:57
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:31:57
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Silurian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 443.80000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Quenstedtia sp. (229254)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile Quenstedtia sp. (7415 7416 7420)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile Quenstedtia sp. (33953)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland Quenstedtia sp. (161966 161969 161975 162058 162083)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Greenland Quenstedtia sp. (161976 161977 162109 162111 162271 162272 162275)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile Quenstedtia sp. (33888)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Quenstedtia laevigata (220499)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7USA (Wyoming) Quenstedtia sp. (167171) Quenstedtia sublevis (167169 167174 167184)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7USA (Utah) Quenstedtia sp. (167195)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Idaho) Quenstedtia sp. (167063)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Quenstedtia oblita (48136) Quenstedtia sp. (48034 48086)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Wyoming) Quenstedtia sublewis (167149)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Montana) Quenstedtia sp. (68827)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China Quenstedtia sp. (127175)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1USA (Utah) Quenstedtia bathonica (171893 171977 172047) Quenstedtia sp. (171889 171990)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1China Quenstedtia oblita (127178)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Quenstedtia bathonica (36549 36552) Quenstedtia morrisi (36551 36555)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation Quenstedtia sp. (68353)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Quenstedtia sp. (38479)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2USA (Utah) Quenstedtia sp. (169137)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Idaho) Quenstedtia sublevis (167280)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kenya Quenstedtia sp. (36462)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Quenstedtia sp. (67401 67604)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Wyoming) Quenstedtia sublevis, Quenstedtia sp. (167319)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Quenstedtia sp. (61823)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Quenstedtia laevigata (68598 68601) Quenstedtia sp. (68281)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Kenya Quenstedtia sp. (36483 36484)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Quenstedtia daviesi (1920) Quenstedtia gibbosa (1505)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Quenstedtia subaequilatera (212487)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Kenya Quenstedtia sp. (36440)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India Quenstedtia sp. (63535)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Quenstedtia laevigata (60387)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Quenstedtia sp. (11085)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) Quenstedtia laevigata (8574)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Quenstedtia subaequilatera, Quenstedtia subangulata (212488)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Kenya Quenstedtia jouberti (36500)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Quenstedtia sp. (212031)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland Quenstedtia parallela (1253 1461) Quenstedtia sp. (1262)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation Quenstedtia sp. (2461)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Quenstedtia pelagi (6280)