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Protocardia spillmani

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Cardium (Protocardia) arkansense, Cardium (Protocardia) pauli, Cardium (Protocardium) granuliferum, P. alcesiana, P. buckmani, P. costaricensis, P. dufrenoyca, P. eduliformis, P. gambrina, P. hillana, P. intexta, P. lingulata, P. luggudensis, P. newberryana, P. peregrinorsa, P. pesolina, P. philippiana, P. piettei, P. placerensis, P. pulchella, P. qinghaiensis, P. razavii, P. rhaetica (syn. P. proteus), P. salrivalis, P. somaliensis, P. stantoni, P. stonei, P. striatula, P. stricklandi, P. subquadrata, P. texanum, P. translucida, P. truncata, P. umkwelanensis, P. virginiana
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. africana, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. contusa, P. hillanum, P. lycetti, P. moshuiwanensis, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. pertenuis, P. phillipiana, P. rahmuensis, P. regulare, P. schucherti, P. subhillanum, P. texana, P. tosensis, P. amanoi, P. lycetti, P. peraltaensis, P. phillipiana

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyProtocardiinaeReuss 1846
genusProtocardia(Beyrich 1845)
speciesspillmani

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Protocardia spillmani (3611)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Protocardia spillmani (3604 3607 3608 3610 3632)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Protocardia spillmani (4278 4305)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Protocardia spillmani (4247 4250 4273 4286)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Protocardia spillmani (4100 4104 4105 4112 4118)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Protocardia spillmani (4382)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Protocardia spillmani (4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Protocardia spillmani (4124 4126 4127 4129 4136 4137 4148 4156 4161 4170)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Protocardia spillmani (4257 83239)