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Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata
Taxonomy
Cardita alticostata was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Alabama, Louisiana]. Its type specimen is ANSP 30562, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Venericardia alticostata by Conrad (1865), Dall (1903), Maury (1912), Harris (1919) and Anderson (1928); it was recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata by Stenzel et al. (1957).
It was recombined as Venericardia alticostata by Conrad (1865), Dall (1903), Maury (1912), Harris (1919) and Anderson (1928); it was recombined as Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata by Stenzel et al. (1957).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, Claibornicardia linguinodifera, Claibornicardia milamensis, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Cardita alticostata Conrad p. 342 |
| 1834 | Cardita alticostata Conrad p. 7 |
| 1865 | Venericardia alticostata Conrad p. 7 |
| 1903 | Venericardia alticostata Dall p. 1423 |
| 1912 | Venericardia alticostata Maury p. 50 |
| 1919 | Venericardia alticostata Harris p. 82 |
| 1928 | Venericardia alticostata Anderson p. 22 |
| 1957 | Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Stenzel et al. pp. 104-109 |
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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.
†Venericardia (Claibornicardia) alticostata Conrad 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 6 | 35.3 | 27.9 | 43.3 | 35.0 | 5.50 |
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Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 61.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (38 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia alticostata (86398) | |
| Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia alticostata (205499) | |
| Thanetian | Trinidad and Tobago | Venericardia alticostata (80170) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (South Carolina) | Venericardia alticostata (92467) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Venericardia alticostata (205442 205505 205532) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia alticostata (1442 81255) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Louisiana) | Venericardia alticostata (1454 1455 209378) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia alticostata (5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5335 81266 81275 81278 81282 94040 133042 205438 205489) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Venericardia alticostata (205410 205422 205429 205433 205461 205480 205484 205531) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Jamaica | Venericardia alticostata (60955) |