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Palaeocardita austriaca

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae

Taxonomy
Cardium austriacum was named by Hauer (1853). It is the type species of Palaeocardita.

It was recombined as Cardita austriaca by Stoppani (1865), Henry (1876) and Bittner (1901); it was recombined as Palaeocardita austriacum by Conrad (1867); it was recombined as Palaeocardita austriaca by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cardium austriacum Hauer
1865Cardita austriaca Stoppani
1867Palaeocardita austriacum Conrad
1876Cardita austriaca Henry p. 431
1901Cardita austriaca Bittner
2014Palaeocardita austriaca Ros-Franch 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
familyPalaeocarditidae(Chavan 1969)
genusPalaeocarditaConrad 1867
speciesaustriaca(Hauer 1853)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 208.50000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany Cardita austriaca (202142)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Switzerland Palaeocardita austriaca (172800)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Lombardy) Cardita austriaca (38083 38118)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Trento) Cardita austriaca (232118 232119)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Palaeocardita austriaca (27933 27936 27937 27938 27953 27966 27979 27981 27983 27986 27988 28094 28096 28099 28502 28505 28509 28510 28512 28514 28515 28580 28581 28582 28583 28595 28598 28607 28608 28797 28809 28810 28822 28824 28826 28828 28833 28837 61007 61008 115335)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France Cardita austriaca (62031)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy Cardita austriaca (204938 204948 204950 204951 204952 204975) Palaeocardita austriaca (38167 38168)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Hungary (Veszprem) Cardita austriaca (203350 203351)