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Palaeocardita trapezoidalis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae

Taxonomy
Cardita trapezoidalis was named by Krumbeck (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jillu II, south of Misool, which is in an Alaunian/Sevatian carbonate limestone in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Palaeocardita trapezoidalis by Hudson and Jefferies (1961), Yin and McRoberts (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Cardita trapezoidalis Krumbeck p. 147 figs. Pl 4, figs 15a-c
1961Palaeocardita trapezoidalis Hudson and Jefferies p. 31 fig. 10a.b
2006Palaeocardita trapezoidalis Yin and McRoberts p. 117 figs. 6.12-6.18, 6.35

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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
familyPalaeocarditidae(Chavan 1969)
genusPalaeocarditaConrad 1867
speciestrapezoidalis()

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 trapezoidalis Krumbeck 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height124.1----
valve height612.44.2024.415.69.57

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:33:36
Modified: 2010-02-12 03:59:35
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Rhaetian or 227.30000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian - Lacian233.6 - 215.38China (Sichuan) Palaeocardita trapezoidalis (25406)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Indonesia (Maluku) Cardita trapezoidalis (204487)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Oman Palaeocardita trapezoidalis (41213)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Thailand Palaeocardita trapezoidalis (44816)
Norian227.3 - 205.7United Arab Emirates Palaeocardita trapezoidalis (41201)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.38 - 205.7Indonesia Cardita trapezoidalis (204424 204491)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4China Palaeocardita trapezoidalis (75198)