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Edmondia rotunda

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae

Taxonomy
Edmondia rotunda was named by Beede (1907). It is a mold. Its type locality is Whitehorse Spring (Kansas coll), which is in a Capitanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal sandstone in the Whitehorse Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Edmondia rotunda Beede
1907Edmondia cumminsi Beede p. 151 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,4a
1940Edmondia rotunda Newell p. 281 figs. Pl 2, figs 18-21
1942Edmondia rotunda Clifton p. 690 figs. Pl 102, figs 5-7
1987Edmondia rotunda Fang p. 394 figs. Pl 8, fig 12

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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
orderPholadomyida()
superfamilyEdmondioidea()
familyEdmondiidae
genusEdmondia
speciesrotunda

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.

†Edmondia rotunda Beede 1907
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Invalid names: Edmondia cumminsi Beede 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height47.285.109.787.702.37

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:37:17
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:37:17
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Edmondia rotunda (90740 90745 90746 90747 90749 90750)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Guangdong) Edmondia rotunda (113864)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Edmondia rotunda (81989 97264 116644 116645 116650) Edmondia rotunda, Edmondia cumminsi (136220)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Oklahoma) Edmondia rotunda (type locality: 136219)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Edmondia rotunda (107820 121731)