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Baluchicardia

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Baluchicardia Rutsch and Schenck p. 155
1968Venericardia (Baluchicardia) Heaslip p. 82
1980Baluchicardia Vokes p. 119
2002Baluchicardia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
subfamilyCarditesinaeChavan 1969
genusBaluchicardiaRutsch and Schenck 1943

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.

G. †Baluchicardia Rutsch and Schenck 1943
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†Baluchicardia francescae Gardner and Bowles 1939
†Baluchicardia nuriae Etayo-Serna 1979
†Baluchicardia obliquata Etayo-Serna 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height11216.80.40038.426.710.4

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-08-17 20:23:42
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:23:42
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 72.20000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (113 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mozambique B. ameliae, B. bonificae (1382) B. sp. (1376)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil B. linoi, B. maris-australis (1360)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) B. beaumonti (1384)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Senegal B. ameliae (1366)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Nigeria B. ameliae (1329)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Angola B. ameliae (1369)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Morocco B. ameliae (1359)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman B. beaumonti (1381)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Libya B. ameliae, B. beaumonti, B. briolii, B. desioi, B. gebelica, B. giofrensis, B. turirinensis (1370) B. beaumonti (1364)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Saudi Arabia B. sp. (1335)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) B. sp. (47112 47115)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran B. beaumonti (1383)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger B. sp. (47111)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jordan B. beaumonti (1358)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt B. beaumonti, B. teirensis (1363)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Normandy) B. sp. (1325)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Cameroon B. ameliae (1367)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia B. ameliae (1365)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina B. sp. (1347)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Colombia (Guajira) B. sp., B. nuriae, B. obliquata (99141)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (2849 2858 2859 2861 2862 2863 2864 2867)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) B. eoplata (205466) Glyptoactis moa (91791 91800 91823 99000 99005 108737 108738 108739) Venericardia bulla (5595 5597 5598 5599 5600 5601 5602 84467 92224) Venericardia bulla, Venericardia wilcoxensis (85315) Venericardia hesperia (99015 99054) Venericardia hesperia, Glyptoactis moa (92222 99004) Venericardia hesperia, Venericardia whitei (92245 99055) Venericardia moa (5585 5586 5587 91826)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Illinois) Venericardia wilcoxensis (70129)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Venericardia bulla (86430)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Venericardia bulla (98704 98711 98733 98734 98735)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (35081 90611 91851)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Venericardia bulla (86188 86270 86293 86294 86308 86310 86389 86400 86421 86432 86433 86436 86441) Venericardia bulla, Venericardia wilcoxensis (86307) Venericardia hesperia (86469) Venericardia wilcoxensis (86328)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (2920 2921 2923 2926)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Texas) B. wilcoxensis (178129)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Venericardia wilcoxensis (2915 2916 2917 2918 2919 84469 86182 89867 90606 90608 205452 205499)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Colombia B. sp., B. nuriae, B. obliquata (180400)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Venericardia greggiana (80495 80672 86176 86179 90141 90818 98365 98409)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Venericardia greggiana (100148)