Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) brewerii, Acanthocardia brewerii, Cardium brewerii, Loxocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii, Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii, Plagiocardium brewerii, Schedocardia breweri
Synonyms: Arca columbiana Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922, Cardium oldroydi Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922, Loxocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii oldroydi Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Schedocardia according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Gabb 1864, Hoots 1931, Moore 2003, Nilsen 1987, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Stewart 1930, Turner 1938, Waring 1917, Weaver 1942 and Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) brewerii hartleyense
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (72: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: California)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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