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Pterotrigonia evansana

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia evansana was named by Meek (1864).

It was recombined as Pterotrigonia evansana by Jones (1960), Haggart and Graham (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Trigonia evansii Gabb p. 189 figs. PL 25, Fig. 177
1864Trigonia evansana Meek p. 189 figs. pl. 25, fig. 177
1876Trigonia evansi Meek p. 359 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 7, 72, and 7b
1917Trigonia evansana Waring p. 65 figs. Pl. 8, Fig. 6
1921Trigonia evansana Packard pp. 25 - 26 figs. Plate 9, Figures 5 and 6
1921Trigonia inezana Packard p. 27 figs. Plate 8, Figures 1a, and 1b; Plate 9, Figure 1, and Plate 10, Figure 1
1958Trigonia churchi Anderson p. 115 figs. Plate 17, figures 6, 7
1960Pterotrigonia evansana Jones p. 436 figs. Pl. 59, figs. 6,7,12,15; pl. 60, figs. 1-11
2018Pterotrigonia evansana Haggart and Graham p. 283

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
Megatrigonioidaevan Hoepen 1929
Megatrigoniitaevan Hoepen 1929
familyMegatrigoniidaevan Hoepen 1929
subfamilyPterotrigoniinaevan Hoepen 1929
genusPterotrigoniavan Hoepen 1929
speciesevansana(Meek 1864)

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.

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Invalid names: Trigonia churchi Anderson 1958 [synonym], Trigonia inezana Packard 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 100.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Trigonia evansana (167601 167603) Trigonia inezana (215424)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Trigonia evansana (206274 206277 206278 237456 237458 237459 237460)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (185440) Trigonia evansana (44212) Trigonia inezana (44201)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Trigonia evansii (44232)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (185441 185448)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (185391) Trigonia churchi (215637) Trigonia evansana (44275)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (British Columbia) Pterotrigonia evansana (210547)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (168010 168012 238653) Trigonia churchi (215345) Trigonia evansana (44274)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (185176 238649 238650 238651) Trigonia evansana (3885 185171 185172 220366 220920) Trigonia evansana, Pterotrigonia evansana (220929)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (86793 86794 86872 98225 167704 167705 167706 167707 185370 214144) Trigonia evansana (1521 1523 1525 1526 1527 1528 1530 1531 1532 1534 1537 1538 1539 1541 1546 1551 1552 72057 219077)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (69314 144763 144764 168009 220924) Trigonia evansana (185178 193033 219078 219079 220912 220915 220919 220921 220926 220927) Trigonocallista bowersiana (220916)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (215264 215265)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (British Columbia) Pterotrigonia evansana (235453)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Pterotrigonia evansana (1354)