Orthocardium Tremlett 1950

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative spellings: Cardium (Orthocardium), Vepricardium (Orthocardium)

Parent taxon: Orthocardiinae according to J. A. Schneider 2002

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox et al. 1969, Keen 1980, Le Renard and Pacaud 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Afrocardium, Freneixicardia, Hedecardium, Loxocardium

Subtaxa: Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Cardium (Orthocardium) trifidum Orthocardium commutatum Orthocardium stilpnaulax

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Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Italy (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (2), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (2), France (4), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (13)

Total: 26 collections including 29 occurrences

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