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Unio brimhallensis Stanton, 1916 †
1501560 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1501560)
unaccepted > superseded combination
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fossil only
Stanton, T.W. (1916). Nonmarine Cretaceous invertebrates of the San Juan Basin. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 98-R: 309-326., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0098r/report.pdf
page(s): 315, pl. 81, fig. 7, pl. 82, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 315, pl. 81, fig. 7, pl. 82, fig. 1 [details]
Holotype USNM 32041
, Type locality contained in New Mexico , Note "On Brimhalls Wash at Bauer's locality 48,...
Holotype USNM 32041 [details]
type locality contained in New Mexico [details]
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Type locality "On Brimhalls Wash at Bauer's locality 48, about 25 miles south of San Juan River and 6 miles east of Chaco River, N. Mex. (locality 9288), 150 feet above the base of the Fruitland formation", USA; Campanian, Late Cretaceous [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Unio brimhallensis Stanton, 1916 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1501560 on 2025-03-30
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Stanton, T.W. (1916). Nonmarine Cretaceous invertebrates of the San Juan Basin. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 98-R: 309-326., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0098r/report.pdf
page(s): 315, pl. 81, fig. 7, pl. 82, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Watters, G. T. (2001). The evolution of the Unionacea in North America, and its implications for the worldwide fauna. <em>In: Bauer, G.; Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and evolution of the freshwater mussels Unionoida. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.</em> pp. 281-307.
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 315, pl. 81, fig. 7, pl. 82, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Henderson, J. (1935). Fossil non-marine Mollusca of North America. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 3: 1-313.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors

additional source Watters, G. T. (2001). The evolution of the Unionacea in North America, and its implications for the worldwide fauna. <em>In: Bauer, G.; Wächtler, K. (eds) Ecology and evolution of the freshwater mussels Unionoida. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.</em> pp. 281-307.
page(s): 297 [details] Available for editors





Holotype USNM 32041 [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification "Appears to be the earliest recognized lampsiline unionid" according to Watters (2001). [details]Type locality "On Brimhalls Wash at Bauer's locality 48, about 25 miles south of San Juan River and 6 miles east of Chaco River, N. Mex. (locality 9288), 150 feet above the base of the Fruitland formation", USA; Campanian, Late Cretaceous [details]