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Patagocardia peterseni

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Taxonomy
Patagocardia peterseni was named by Petersen (1946). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Ecretton, which is in a Maastrichtian/Danian marine sandstone in the Lefipan Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Patagocardia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Patagocardia peterseni Petersen

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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
superfamilyKalenteroideaMarwick 1953
familyKalenteridae
genusPatagocardia
speciespeterseni

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.

†Patagocardia peterseni Petersen 1946
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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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Rio Negro) Patagocardia peterseni (240159)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Patagocardia peterseni (1357)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Patagocardia peterseni (type locality: 240170)