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Profragum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Profragum is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Fragum praecurrens.

It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Profraginae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species
P. praecurrens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Profragum Sepkoski
2010Profragum Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyProfraginaeBadve 1977
genusProfragum

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. †Profragum
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†Profragum praecurrens Stoliczka 1870
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: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India P. praecurrens (228245)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5India P. praecurrens (228246)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain P. duclouxi (1317)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya P. praecurrens (1370)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Peru P. amotapense (1336)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Cameroon P. perobliquum (1367)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Nigeria P. perobliquum (1329)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina P. sanctacruzense (1371)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Afghanistan P. duclouxi (1387)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bulgaria P. duclouxi (1332)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Serbia and Montenegro P. duclouxi (1380)