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Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii
Taxonomy
Cardita hornii was named by Gabb (1864) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; California.]. It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Venericardia planicosta hornii by Dickerson (1916), Waring (1917); it was recombined as Venericardia hornii by Hanna (1925), Hanna (1927), Turner (1938); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) hornii by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Megacardita (Venericor) hornii by Vokes (1939); it was recombined as Venericor hornii by Olsson and Richards (1961); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii by Verástegui (1953), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Moore (1992).
It was recombined as Venericardia planicosta hornii by Dickerson (1916), Waring (1917); it was recombined as Venericardia hornii by Hanna (1925), Hanna (1927), Turner (1938); it was recombined as Venericardia (Venericor) hornii by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Megacardita (Venericor) hornii by Vokes (1939); it was recombined as Venericor hornii by Olsson and Richards (1961); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii by Verástegui (1953), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Moore (1992).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, V. acuticosta, V. aegyptiaca, V. agriculturae, V. ajar, V. amazoniana, V. ampla, V. angolae, V. aposmithi, V. awamoaensis, V. awamoensis, V. basteroti, V. bericorum, V. bilineata, V. bisculpta, V. bonneti, V. brittoni, V. burmeisteri, V. castori, V. christei, V. ciplyensis, V. claiboplata, V. collazica, V. compacta, V. corpusculum, V. crebricostata, V. crebrisulcata, V. densecostata, V. deserti, V. domgeri, V. domingensis, V. dua, V. duponti, V. elegantula, V. eutawcolens, V. forgemoli, V. gippslandica, V. gliberti, V. globosa, V. granulicostata, V. heinzelini, V. heroyi, V. hollandi, V. horni, V. hortensis, V. houzeaui, V. iheringi, V. iheringi, V. imbricatoides, V. intermedia, V. islahispaniolae, V. janjukensis, V. janjukiensis, V. junctinova, V. lamyi, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. libyca, V. lineolata, V. linoi, V. mandarica, V. maris, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. nanaplata, V. oblonga, V. ocalaedes, V. okinoshimensis, V. oligopleura, V. olssoni, V. pectuncularis, V. perantiqua, V. perezi, V. perplana, V. perumbonata, V. phyletica, V. planicostata, V. prolongata, V. pseudowilmotti, V. quadriangulata, V. quassi, V. quirosana, V. quirosana, V. rabelli, V. roedeli, V. roncana, V. ronchetti, V. rutoti, V. santonensis, V. scabriocstata, V. serricosta, V. serrulata, V. smillina, V. solitaria, V. sowerbyi, V. spinulosa, V. squamulosa, V. straeleni, V. subcompacta, V. subcomplanata, V. subelegans, V. suboompacta, V. subquadrata, V. subrotunda, V. suessi, V. teneidensis, V. texalana, V. tjuschevkensis, V. trapezoidalis, V. turneri, V. uvaldana, V. valmondoisiensis, V. vasta, V. vaughani, V. vigintinaria, V. vredenburgi, V. wegeneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. zuliana, V. zuliana, V. monilifera, V. rufa, V. sillimani, V. nortensis, V. vestitoides, V. dufrenoyi, V. sindensis, V. viquesneli, V. hesperide, V. ferruginosa, V. clarki, V. aposcitula, V. conradiana, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. tridentata, V. perplana, V. leonensis, V. eutawcolens, V. latissima, V. petraea, V. rotunda, V. rotunda, V. aposmithi, V. augustoscrobis, V. elongata, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. hijuana, V. klimacodes, V. sabinensis, V. smithi, V. turneri
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Cardita hornii Gabb p. 174 figs. PL 24, Fig. 157 |
| 1869 | Cardita hornii Gabb pp. 187 - 188 figs. PI. 30, Fig. 83, a |
| 1916 | Venericardia planicosta hornii Dickerson p. 426 |
| 1917 | Venericardia planicosta hornii Waring p. 95 figs. Pl. 11, Figs. 3, 4, and 5 |
| 1925 | Venericardia hornii Hanna p. 286 figs. Plate 37, figure 5; plate 38, figures 1 and 3; plate 39, figures 1 and 2; plate 40, figures 1 and 2; |
| 1927 | Venericardia hornii Hanna p. 283 figs. Plate 35, figure 3; plate 36, figures 1 and 2 |
| 1930 | Venericardia (Venericor) hornii Stewart pp. 165 - 166 figs. Plate 11, fig. 1 |
| 1938 | Venericardia hornii Turner p. 49 |
| 1939 | Megacardita (Venericor) hornii Vokes pp. 68-69 |
| 1953 | Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Verástegui pp. 427 - 428 figs. Plate 18, figures 1-7; Plate 19, figure 7 |
| 1961 | Venericor hornii Olsson and Richards p. 6 |
| 1984 | Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Squires p. 45 |
| 1987 | Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Squires p. 63 |
| 1992 | Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Moore p. E23 figs. Plate 5, figures 17, 18 |
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†Venericardia (Pacificor) hornii Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926, Stanley 1970 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | USA (California) | Venericardia hornii (221113) Venericardia planicosta (122294) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | Venericardia planicosta (207112 207116) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Venericardia hornii (16712 94821 94825 207189) | |
| Bartonian | USA (California) | Venericardia planicosta (122295 122340) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Colombia (La Guajira) | Venericor hornii (42768) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Venericardia planicosta (193039) |