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Physocardia ogilviae

Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae

Taxonomy
Physocardia ogilviae was named by Wöhrmann (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rumerlo (BSPG collection), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Physocardia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Physocardia ogilviae Wöhrmann

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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
orderMegalodontidaStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyMegalodontoidea(Morris 1853)
familyDicerocardiidaeKutassy 1934
genusPhysocardiaWöhrmann 1894
speciesogilviaeWöhrmann 1894

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.

Physocardia ogilviae Wöhrmann 1894
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 08:30:28
Modified: 2007-09-07 10:30:28
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Julian or 237.00000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Physocardia ogilviae (type locality: 137428)