Lyropecten crassicardo Conrad 1856

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae

Alternative combinations: Pallium crassicardo, Pecten (Lyropecten) crassicardo, Pecten crassicardo

Synonyms: Pecten (Lyropecten) ricei Trask 1922, Pecten (Lyropecten) vickeryi Trask 1922, Pecten (Pallium) holwayi Clark 1915, Pecten crassicardo biformatis Nomland 1917, Pecten crassicardo nomlandi Hertlein 1931, Swiftopecten adekunbiana Adegoke 1969

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327

Belongs to Lyropecten according to J. T. Smith 1991

See also Adegoke 1969, Arnold 1906, Clark 1915, Conrad 1856, Hertlein and Jordan 1927, Moore 1984, Nomland 1917 and Trask 1922

Sister taxa: Chlamys (Lyropecten) duncanensis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) ernestsmithi, Chlamys (Lyropecten) menthifontis, Chlamys (Lyropecten) planicosta, Lyropecten catalinae, Lyropecten cerrosensis, Lyropecten condylomatus, Lyropecten denaius, Lyropecten dumblei, Lyropecten gallegosi, Lyropecten laekeniensis, Lyropecten miguelensis, Lyropecten modulatus, Lyropecten pittieri, Lyropecten pretiosus, Lyropecten septemplicatus, Lyropecten tamiamiensis, Lyropecten terminus, Lyropecten tiburonensis, Lyropecten vaughani

Subtaxa: Pecten (Lyropecten) crassicardo hamiltoni

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Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Mexico (5), United States (28: California)

• Oligocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: California)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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