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Taxonomy
Protocardia pesolina was named by Contejean (1859).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. africana, P. barneyi, P. beiha, P. besairiei, P. bipi, P. contusa, P. hillanum, P. lycetti, P. moshuiwanensis, P. olea, P. oxynoti, P. parahillana, P. pertenuis, P. phillipiana, P. rahmuensis, P. regulare, P. schucherti, P. shehuensis, P. spillmani, P. subhillanum, P. texana, P. tosensis, P. amanoi, P. goradongarensis, P. lycetti, P. peraltaensis, P. phillipiana
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Protocardia pesolina Contejean p. 278 figs. Pl. 15, Fig. 6-8 |
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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.
†Protocardia pesolina Contejean 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 16.5 |
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| References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Portugal | Protocardia pesolina (67935) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Protocardia pesolina (98672) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Portugal | Protocardia pesolina (67958) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Portugal | Protocardia pesolina (8204) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Portugal | Protocardia pesolina (8166) |