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Taxonomy
Meiocardia was named by Adams and A (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Isocardia (Meiocardia) by Hendy (2007).
It was assigned to Bivalvia by Traub (1938); to Glossidae by Vokes (1980), Wienrich (1999); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Isocardia by Hendy (2007).
It was reranked as Isocardia (Meiocardia) by Hendy (2007).
It was assigned to Bivalvia by Traub (1938); to Glossidae by Vokes (1980), Wienrich (1999); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Isocardia by Hendy (2007).
Species lacking formal opinion data
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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.
G. Meiocardia Adams and A. 1857
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†Meiocardia agassizi Dall 1886
†Meiocardia carolinae Harris 1919
†Meiocardia colombiana Clark and Durham 1946
Meiocardia moltkiana Gmelin 1791
†Meiocardia susukii Squires and Advocate 1986
†Miocardia atava Traub 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (32 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Denmark | M. sp. (1386) | |
| Danian | Sweden (Skane) | M. faxoensis (123003) | |
| Paleocene | Bulgaria (Sliven) | Miocardia atava (102344) | |
| Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | Miocardia atava (84335) | |
| Thanetian | Bulgaria (Varna) | Miocardia belmustakovi (102400) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Glossus susukii (177611 193545) | |
| Lutetian | USA (South Carolina) | M. carolinae (32901 52344) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Miocardia sp. (42107) | |
| Bartonian | USA (North Carolina) | M. carolinae (5436 5437 98977 98987) | |
| Bartonian | USA (South Carolina) | M. carolinae (99097) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Colombia (Sucre) | M. columbiana (42829) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Jamaica | M. sp. (111544) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | M. deshayesi (178108) | |
| Middle Miocene | Grenada | M. agassizi (58667 58681) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | M. harpa (61897 61898 61900 61902 61906 62886) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Italy | M. deshayesi, M. moltkianoides (191624) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Vanuatu | Isocardia moltkiana (77902) | |
| Pliocene | India | M. metavulgaris (77658) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Malaysia | Miocardia vulgaris (72098 72099) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Isocardia moltkiana (88886) |