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Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami
Taxonomy
Venericardia planicosta merriami was named by Dickerson (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 241 and 242 (cotypes) and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Venericardia (Leuroactis) merriami by Verástegui (1953); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami by Hendy (2020).
It was recombined as Venericardia (Leuroactis) merriami by Verástegui (1953); it was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami by Hendy (2020).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita partschi, Cardita squamosissima, Cardita subminuta, V. acuticosta, V. aegyptiaca, V. agriculturae, V. ajar, V. amazoniana, V. ampla, V. angolae, V. aposmithi, V. awamoaensis, V. awamoensis, V. basteroti, V. bericorum, V. bilineata, V. bisculpta, V. bonneti, V. brittoni, V. burmeisteri, V. castori, V. christei, V. ciplyensis, V. claiboplata, V. collazica, V. compacta, V. corpusculum, V. crebricostata, V. crebrisulcata, V. densecostata, V. deserti, V. domgeri, V. domingensis, V. dua, V. duponti, V. elegantula, V. eutawcolens, V. forgemoli, V. gippslandica, V. gliberti, V. globosa, V. granulicostata, V. heinzelini, V. heroyi, V. hollandi, V. horni, V. hornii, V. hortensis, V. houzeaui, V. iheringi, V. iheringi, V. imbricatoides, V. intermedia, V. islahispaniolae, V. janjukensis, V. janjukiensis, V. junctinova, V. lamyi, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. libyca, V. lineolata, V. linoi, V. mandarica, V. maris, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. nanaplata, V. oblonga, V. ocalaedes, V. okinoshimensis, V. oligopleura, V. olssoni, V. pectuncularis, V. perantiqua, V. perezi, V. perplana, V. perumbonata, V. phyletica, V. planicostata, V. prolongata, V. pseudowilmotti, V. quadriangulata, V. quassi, V. quirosana, V. quirosana, V. rabelli, V. roedeli, V. roncana, V. ronchetti, V. rutoti, V. santonensis, V. scabriocstata, V. serricosta, V. serrulata, V. smillina, V. solitaria, V. sowerbyi, V. spinulosa, V. squamulosa, V. straeleni, V. subcompacta, V. subcomplanata, V. subelegans, V. suboompacta, V. subquadrata, V. subrotunda, V. suessi, V. teneidensis, V. texalana, V. tjuschevkensis, V. trapezoidalis, V. turneri, V. uvaldana, V. valmondoisiensis, V. vasta, V. vaughani, V. vigintinaria, V. vredenburgi, V. wegeneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. zuliana, V. zuliana, V. monilifera, V. rufa, V. sillimani, V. nortensis, V. vestitoides, V. dufrenoyi, V. sindensis, V. viquesneli, V. hesperide, V. ferruginosa, V. clarki, V. hornii, V. aposcitula, V. conradiana, V. leonensis, V. perplana, V. tridentata, V. perplana, V. leonensis, V. eutawcolens, V. latissima, V. petraea, V. rotunda, V. rotunda, V. aposmithi, V. augustoscrobis, V. elongata, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. hijuana, V. klimacodes, V. sabinensis, V. smithi, V. turneri
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Venericardia planicosta merriami Dickerson p. 118 figs. Plate 11, figures 1a and 1b |
| 1953 | Venericardia (Leuroactis) merriami Verástegui p. 447 figs. Plate 8, figures 1 - 7 |
| 2020 | Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami Hendy |
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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.
†Venericardia (Pacificor) merriami Dickerson 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily | |||||
| References: Stanley 1970, Eames 1951, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | USA (California) | Venericardia planicosta (122337) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (Oregon) | Venericardia merriami (37988) |