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Cardiomorpha obovata
Taxonomy
Cardiomorpha obovata was named by Hoare (1993). Its type specimen is USNM 459154, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Cardiomorpha obovata Hoare pp. 388 – 389 figs. 4.17 – 4.21 |
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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.
†Cardiomorpha obovata Hoare 1993
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. D. Hoare 1993 | Cardiomorpha with narrowly rounded anterior and posterior margins; greatest convexity about midheight; ornamentation of distinct growth lines.
Cardiomorpha with inflated valves; beaks prosogyrate, located approximately one-fourth length from an-terior margin; ventral margin broadly convex; lunule and es-cutcheon lacking; ornamentation of irregularly spaced, variably developed comarginal ridges marking growth increments; subquadrate, anterior adductor scar lightly impressed; other in-ternal features not observed. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.30000 to 323.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serpukhovian | USA (West Virginia) | Cardiomorpha obovata (56143) |