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Girtypecten
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Aviculopectininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Girtypecten NEWELL, 1938, p. 77
Type Species:
*Aviculopecten sublaqueatus GIRTY, 1908, p. 440, OD
Images
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Fig. C61,6. *G. sublaqueatus (Girty), Tex., LV ext., X2 (Newell, n)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA(Tex.-Wyo.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.(Guadalup.)
Beginning International Stage:
Roadian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
274.37
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.(Guadalup.)
Ending International Stage:
Capitanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
259.55
Description
Suborbicular shells ornamented with coarse, widely spaced costae intersected by similarly spaced concentric ridges, cylindrical, erect spines from intersections of radial and concentric ornamentation
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Aviculopectinidae
Subfamily:
Aviculopectininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Girtypecten NEWELL, 1938, p. 77
Type Species:
*Aviculopecten sublaqueatus GIRTY, 1908, p. 440, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C61,6. *G. sublaqueatus (Girty), Tex., LV ext., X2 (Newell, n)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
USA(Tex.-Wyo.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.(Guadalup.)
Beginning International Stage:
Roadian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
274.37
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.(Guadalup.)
Ending International Stage:
Capitanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
259.55
Description
Suborbicular shells ornamented with coarse, widely spaced costae intersected by similarly spaced concentric ridges, cylindrical, erect spines from intersections of radial and concentric ornamentation