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Taxonomy
Protocardia somaliensis was named by Cox (1935). Its type locality is Bihendula, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bihen Limestone Formation of Somalia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. africana, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. contusa, P. hillanum, P. lycetti, P. moshuiwanensis, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. pertenuis, P. phillipiana, P. rahmuensis, P. regulare, P. schucherti, P. spillmani, P. subhillanum, P. texana, P. tosensis, P. amanoi, P. lycetti, P. peraltaensis, P. phillipiana
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Protocardia somaliensis Cox |
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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.
†Protocardia somaliensis Cox 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian | Somalia | Protocardia somaliensis (100379 100380) | |
| Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian | Tunisia | Protocardia somaliensis (13609) | |
| Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian | Tunisia | Protocardia somaliensis (13688) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Somalia | Protocardia somaliensis (92994 type locality: 93020) | |
| Callovian - Oxfordian | Tunisia | Protocardia somaliensis (13791 13950 13951) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | Tunisia | Protocardia somaliensis (13507) | |
| Oxfordian | Saudi Arabia | Protocardia somaliensis (46296) | |
| Oxfordian | Somalia | Protocardia somaliensis (100374 100383) | |
| Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Somalia | Protocardia somaliensis (100372) |