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Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) patagonicum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium patagonicum was named by Ihering (1907) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) patagonicum by Schneider (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. cantauriense, H. waitakiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Cardium patagonicum Ihering
2002Hedecardium (Iheringicardium) patagonicum Schneider p. 356 figs. Table 7
2004Cardium patagonicum del Rio p. 1119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusHedecardiumMarwick 1944
subgenusIheringicardium
speciespatagonicum(Ihering 1907)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina Cardium patagonicum (71597)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Cardium patagonicum (48068)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Cardium patagonicum (71404)