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Palaeocardita peruviana
Taxonomy
Palaeocardita peruviana was named by Cox (1949). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lake Churcacocha, SE of Hacienda Huanca, Cerro de Pasco, which is in a Norian shallow subtidal limestone in Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1949 | Palaeocardita peruviana Cox p. 31 figs. Pl 2, fig 4 |
| 1994 | Palaeocardita peruviana Tamura p. 27 figs. 17.13-17.20 |
| 2012 | Palaeocardita peruviana Damborenea p. 329 figs. Pl 1, figs 24, 29 |
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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.
†Palaeocardita peruviana Cox 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| valve height | 1 | 43.0 |
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Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Triassic | Mexico (Sonora) | Palaeocardita peruviana (41020) | |
| Norian | Mexico (Sonora) | Palaeocardita peruviana (39172) | |
| Norian | Peru | Palaeocardita peruviana (type locality: 71787) | |
| Norian - Rhaetian | Chile (Antofagasta) | Palaeocardita peruviana (98589 98590) | |
| Alaunian - Sevatian | Mexico (Sonora) | Palaeocardita peruviana (34983) | |
| Rhaetian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Palaeocardita peruviana (50817 132716 132723) |