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Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Eudesiidae

Taxonomy
Eudesia cardioides was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Anabacia), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in Egypt.

It was recombined as Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides by Alméras et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. bramkampi, E. doultingensis, E. flabellum, E. modesta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Eudesia cardioides Douvillé
1916Eudesia cardioides Douvillé p. 64 figs. Pl. 7, Fig. 17-19
1964Eudesia cardioides Makridin p. 288 figs. Pl 22, fig 7
1989Sphriganaria angulocostata Cooper
1989Sphriganaria bramkampi Cooper
1989Sphriganaria intercalata Cooper
2010Eudesia (Sphriganaria) cardioides Alméras et al. p. 101

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratellidinaMuir-Wood 1955
superfamilyZeillerioideaAllan 1940
familyEudesiidaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusEudesia
subgenusSphriganaria
speciescardioides()

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.

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Invalid names: Sphriganaria angulocostata Cooper 1989 [synonym], Sphriganaria bramkampi Cooper 1989 [synonym], Sphriganaria intercalata Cooper 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height814.09.5016.714.42.34

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:27:57
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:27:57
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 168.60000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Jordan Eudesia bramkampi (35323 35356)
Bajocian - Callovian170.9 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Sphriganaria angulocostata (99104)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Eudesia cardioides (141475)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Eudesia cardioides (45467 45517 45519 48312 48485 48522) Sphriganaria angulocostata (98717) Sphriganaria angulocostata, Sphriganaria bramkampi (98842)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Eudesia cardioides (171242)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Eudesia angulocostata (35746) Eudesia bramkampi (35704)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Sphriganaria bramkampi (136095 136096)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Eudesia cardioides (45538 45539 48502 48538 48563 48564 48585 48588 48590 48594 48596 48597 141342) Sphriganaria angulocostata (99109) Sphriganaria bramkampi (98680 98724 98755 98843 136099) Sphriganaria intercalata (98759)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Eudesia bramkampi (35548 35700)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Eudesia cardioides (141396 141397)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Eudesia cardioides (141343 141344 141405 141483 141495 141515 141516 141560)