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Dicerocardium

Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae

Taxonomy

Dicerocardium was named by Stoppani (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori Tr Rhae].

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dicerocardiidae by Vokes (1980), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species

D. curionii (syn. Hemicardium wulfeni), D. dolomiticum, D. himalayense, D. incisum, D. jani, D. mediofasciatum, D. ragazzonii

Species lacking formal opinion data

D. curionii, D. curionii, D. curionnii, D. gemmellaroi, D. hungaricum, D. lancedellii, D. pannonicum, D. pteriiforme, D. teres

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Dicerocardium Stoppani p. 248
1980	Dicerocardium Vokes p. 161
2002	Dicerocardium Sepkoski
2014	Dicerocardium Ros-Franch et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Megalodontida	Starobogatov 1992
superfamily	Megalodontoidea	(Morris 1853)
family	Dicerocardiidae	Kutassy 1934
genus	Dicerocardium	Stoppani 1856

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.

G. †Dicerocardium Stoppani 1856

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†Dicerocardium curionii Stoppani 1865

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Invalid names: Hemicardium wulfeni von Hauer 1875 [synonym]

†Dicerocardium dolomiticum Loretz 1875

†Dicerocardium himalayense Stoliczka 1869

†Dicerocardium incisum Frech 1912

†Dicerocardium jani Stoppani 1865

†Dicerocardium mediofasciatum Frech 1912

†Dicerocardium ragazzonii Stoppani 1865

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesuperf

Locomotion:

stationarysuperf

Life habit:

semi-infaunalsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-09-07 08:30:28

Modified:

2007-09-07 10:30:28

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sevatian to the top of the Norian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (26 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	Italy	D. teres (66411)
Late/Upper Triassic	237.0 - 201.4	Indonesia	D. sp. (201863)
Late/Upper Triassic	237.0 - 201.4	Italy (Brescia)	D. ragazzonii (203303)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Austria (Kaernten)	D. gemmellaroi (129684)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Italy (South Tyrol)	D. himalayense (203305)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Italy (Belluno)	Hemicardium dolomiticum, D. dolomiticum (203300)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Italy	D. lancedellii, D. pteriiforme (66412) D. pannonicum (66417) D. pannonicum, D. pteriiforme, D. sp. (66413)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Italy (Trento)	D. jani (231838)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Indonesia (Timor)	D. jani (205471)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Italy (Brescia)	D. jani, D. curionii (203304)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Hungary	D. curionnii (70989) D. curionnii, D. pteriiforme (70990) D. hungaricum (70995 73263) D. jani (73268) D. pannonicum (73264 73269) D. pteriiforme (70994 73265) D. sp. (70992)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Hungary (Bakony)	D. incisum (203298)
Norian - Rhaetian	227.3 - 201.4	Japan (Kochi)	D. sp. (98600)
Sevatian - Rhaetian	211.18 - 201.4	Hungary (Bakony)	D. mediofasciatum (203301)
Sevatian - Rhaetian	211.18 - 201.4	Austria	D. mediofasciatum, Hemicardium wulfeni, D. incisum (203302)