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Pectinodonta palaeoxylodia

Gastropoda - Patellida - Pectinodontidae

Taxonomy
Pectinodonta palaeoxylodia was named by Lindberg and Hedegaard (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 488277, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murdock Creek mouth, near, which is in a Rupelian/Chattian basinal (siliceous) mudstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Pectinodonta palaeoxylodia Lindberg and Hedegaard p. 312 figs. Figure 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyPectinodontidae(Pilsbry 1891)
genusPectinodontaDall 1892
speciespalaeoxylodia

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.

†Pectinodonta palaeoxylodia Lindberg and Hedegaard 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-15 16:12:55
Modified: 2009-09-15 18:12:55
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Pectinodonta palaeoxylodia (type locality: 205213)