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Plagiocardium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Plagiocardium was named by Cossmann (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was reranked as Laevicardium (Plagiocardium) by Gilbert (1936).

It was assigned to Laevicardium by Gilbert (1936); to Cardiinae by Vokes (1980), Freneix et al. (1988); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cardiidae by Turner (1938), Durham (1944), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Schneider (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Plagiocardium Cossmann
1936Laevicardium (Plagiocardium) Gilbert
1938Plagiocardium Turner p. 52
1944Plagiocardium Durham p. 146
1980Plagiocardium Vokes p. 127
1988Plagiocardium Freneix et al. p. 427
1992Plagiocardium Lamprell and Whitehead p. 60
2002Plagiocardium Schneider p. 351 figs. Figure 25
2002Plagiocardium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
genusPlagiocardiumCossmann 1866

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. †Plagiocardium Cossmann 1866
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†Plagiocardium granulosum Lamarck 1805
†Plagiocardium pseudolatum Voskuil 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66France P. sp. (20816)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Texas) P. sp. (92307)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) P. sp. (92302 92305 98922 101126)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Louisiana) P. sp. (98782)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain P. sp. (75362 75379 75384 75412)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) P. breweri (43347)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan Cardium ishigakensis (41585)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Cardium granulosum (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Cardium granulosum (3720 3721) Parvicardium granulosum (78567)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) P. degrangei (74865)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Germany P. papillosum (171410)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Cardium papillosum (70539) P. hirsutum (51689) P. hirsutum, Parvicardium papillosum (51690)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Parvicardium papillosum (60288 60289 60291 60312)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Papillicardium papillosum (61897 61903 61904 61907 62886)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Parvicardium papillosum (74647 74649 74650 74651 74652 74653 74656)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovakia P. papillosum (73139)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland Parvicardium papillosum (51687) P. papillosum (138305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco P. papillosum (173165)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Cardium papillosum (71905)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Papillicardium papillosum (207783) P. hirsutum, P. papillosum (168730)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria P. papillosum (69864)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) P. papillosum (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium P. papillosum (86801)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Cardium papillosum (72316 72317)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium P. papillosum (86803)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy P. papillosum (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Papillicardium papillosum (173663)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Cardium papillosum (128324)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Cardium papillosum (127573 127636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy P. papillosum (166074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Papillicardium papillosum (128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Cardium papillosum (127358 128329)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France P. papillosum (56803)