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Pterocardia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pterocardiidae

Taxonomy
Pterocardia was named by Bayan (1874) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath K Apti]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Megalodontidae by Kiessling (2003); and to Pterocardiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Pterocardia Bayan
2002Pterocardia Sepkoski
2003Pterocardia Kiessling
2010Pterocardia Bouchet et al.

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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)
familyPterocardiidaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genusPterocardiaBayan 1874

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. †Pterocardia Bayan 1874
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†Pterocardia andriacensis Cossmann 1900
†Pterocardia eparcyensis Fischer 1964
†Pterocardia pesbovis d'Archiac 1843
†Pterocardia subminuta d'Orbigny 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:44:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:44:56
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 184.20000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain P. sp. (25608 25774 26148 26382 26386)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain P. sp. (25888)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Late/Upper Bajocian168.2 - 168.2France P. sp. (8834)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia P. buvignieri (48142 48300) P. buvignieri, P. pesbovi (48522)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom P. sp. (37509)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) P. pesbovis (96149 96166 96167 96168 96184 96189) P. pesbovis, P. subminuta (96185) P. pesbovis, P. subminuta, P. eparcyensis (96154 96192)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) P. pesbovis (96142 96143 96174 96181) P. pesbovis, P. subminuta, P. eparcyensis (96144 96151 96157 96162 96175 96178)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Picardie) P. eparcyensis (96146) P. pesbovis (96152 96158 96163 96169 96176 96177) P. pesbovis, P. subminuta (96145)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Champagne-Ardenne) P. pesbovis (96172 96179 96190)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia P. buvignieri (47902) P. buvignieri, P. pesbovi (48506 48537 48538) P. pesbovi (47875 48525) P. pesbovi, P. buvignieri (48524)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France P. buvignieri (11085)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia P. buvignieri (46296 46313)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany P. corallina (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) P. corallina (57157)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany P. alata (13377)