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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) puebloense

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium (Trachycardium) puebloense was named by Anderson (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 4660, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon R), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Trachycardium (Dallocardia) puebloense by Woodring (1982).

Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-04-07; modified by A. Hendy on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Cardium (Trachycardium) puebloense Anderson p. 164 figs. pl. 19, figs. 1, 2
1960Cardium (Trachycardium) puebloense Barrios p. 250
1982Trachycardium (Dallocardia) puebloense Woodring p. 640

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyTrachycardiinaeStewart 1930
genusTrachycardium()
subgenusDallocardia
speciespuebloense()

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 mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:20:49
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:20:49
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Trachycardium puebloense (96501)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Cardium puebloense (type locality: 88298 97690)