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Tancredia americana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Taxonomy
Hettangia americana was named by Meek and Hayden (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Tancredia americana by Russell and Landes (1937), Speden (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Hettangia americana Meek and Hayden p. 274
1937Tancredia americana Russell and Landes p. 153
1970Tancredia americana Speden p. 113 figs. Plate 27, figs. 1-16; Plate 28, figs. 1-8, 14

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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
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTancrediidaeMeek 1864
genusTancrediaLycett 1850
speciesamericana(Meek and Hayden 1857)

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.

†Tancredia americana Meek and Hayden 1857
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†Tancredia americana cupressensis Russell and Landes 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-09 06:52:35
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:52:35
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

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

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Tancredia americana (87434)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Tancredia americana (82650 82651 82670)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Tancredia americana (87440)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Tancredia americana (82684)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Tancredia americana (82644)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Tancredia americana (82643)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Tancredia americana (88511)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Tancredia americana (1339)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Tancredia americana (1320)