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Fimbria susanensis

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Fimbria susanensis was named by Squires (1990). Its type specimen is UCMP 38568 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 7009, Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. alapetitei, F. gaultina, F. kidugalloensis, F. olssoni, F. quennelli, F. soverbii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Fimbria susanensis Squires p. 554 figs. 2.1-2.3
1999Fimbria susanensis Squires p. 25 figs. Figure 57

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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
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
genusFimbriaMühlfeldt 1811
speciessusanensis

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.

†Fimbria susanensis Squires 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Fimbria susanensis (185193 185194 type locality: 185195)