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Genus of bivalves

Daonella
Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil Daonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Superfamily: Pterioidea
Family: †Posidoniidae
Genus: †Daonella

Daonella is a genus of oyster-like saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks which lived in the middle to late Triassic period. They are related to the genera Aparimella and Halobia. Since they were ubiquitous in the Arctic, Tethys and Panthalassa seas, they are frequently used as index fossils in dating rocks to the Triassic period. However, the systematic classification of the Daonella is still an area of ongoing research.

References

  1. Mojsisovics, E (1874). "Über die Triadischen Pelecypoden-Gattungen Daonella und Halobia". Abhandlungen der K. K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 7: 1–35.
  2. McRoberts, CA (2000). "A Primitive Halobia (Bivalvia:Halobioidea) from the Triassic of Northeast British Columbia". Journal of Paleontology. 74 (4): 599–603. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0599:APHBHF>2.0.CO;2.
  3. McRoberts, CA (1997). "Late Triassic North American Halobiid bivalves: stratigraphic distribution, diversity trends, and their circum-Pacific correlation" in J. M. Dickens et al., Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic circum-Pacific events. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–208.
  4. Schatz, W (2004). "Revision of the Subgenus Daonella (Arzelella) (Halobiidae; Middle Triassic)". Journal of Paleontology. 78 (2): 300–316. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0300:ROTSDA>2.0.CO;2.
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Daonella
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