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Crenipecten

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Pterioida
    Suborder:  
Pteriina
    Superfamily:  
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
    Family:  
Aviculopectinidae
    Subfamily:  
Euchondriinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Crenipecten HALL, 1883, p. xi
    Type Species:  
C. crenulatus, SD S. A. MILLER, 1889


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Fossil Image
Fig. C65,2. *C. crenulatus, LV ext., X1 (377)


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Geographic Distribution

USA (N.Y.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
378.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Shell small, variable in form and ornamentation, hinge as in Euchondria except that central resilifer is lacking




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