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Clinocardium (Clinocardium) dickersoni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium dickersoni was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11207 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

It was recombined as Trachycardium dickersoni by Durham (1944); it was recombined as Clinocardium (Clinocardium) dickersoni by Moore (2003), Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Cardium dickersoni Clark p. 140 figs. Plate 13, figures 11 and 18
1944Trachycardium dickersoni Durham p. 144
2003Clinocardium (Clinocardium) dickersoni Moore figs. Plate 3, figures 7, 8
2020Clinocardium (Clinocardium) dickersoni Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
Neocardiids
EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyClinocardiinaeKafanov 1975
genusClinocardium
subgenusClinocardiumKeen 1936
speciesdickersoni()

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 mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Trachycardium dickersoni (208173)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Cardium dickersoni (type locality: 122273)