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Spondylus carlosensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

Taxonomy
Spondylus carlosensis was named by Anderson (1905) [TYPE LOCALITY: California; Domengine Fm (Eocene).]. Its type specimen is CAS 56 and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Spondylus carlosensis Anderson p. 194 figs. pl.13, fig. 1
1909Spondylus carlosensis Arnold p. 13 figs. pl. 2, figs. 6, 7
1939Spondylus carlosensis Vokes p. 57
1984Spondylus carlosensis Squires p. 43 figs. Figure 10j
1987Spondylus carlosensis Moore p. 6
1990Spondylus carlosensis Squires and Demetrion p. 385
1999Spondylus carlosensis Squires p. 24 figs. Figures 52, 53

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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)
suborderPectinidina(Adams and Adams 1858)
superfamilyPectinoideaRafinesque 1815
—PectinoidaeRafinesque 1815
familySpondylidaeGray 1826
genusSpondylusLinnaeus 1758
speciescarlosensis

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.

†Spondylus carlosensis Anderson 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2007-10-05 05:12:06
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:49:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 55.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Spondylus carlosensis (177611 193545 193547 193548 207322)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Spondylus carlosensis (5544 5545 5546 5547 5548 5549)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Spondylus carlosensis (207114 207121)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Spondylus carlosensis (111552)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Spondylus carlosensis (8012 8013 200145 207168)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Spondylus carlosensis (208694)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Spondylus carlosensis (161922)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Spondylus carlosensis (52803 52804 52817)