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Dinocardium robustum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium robustum was named by Lightfoot (1786) [DISTRIBUTION: Virginia-Mexico.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Dinocardium robustum by Woodring (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Cardium robustum Lightfoot
1982Dinocardium robustum Woodring p. 646
1987Dinocardium robustum Ward and Blackwelder p. 153

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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
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusDinocardiumDall 1900
speciesrobustum(Lightfoot 1786)

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.

Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786
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†Dinocardium robustum hazeli Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:19:49
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:49
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Dinocardium robustum (42597 42598 42604 93047 93048 93049 93050)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Dinocardium robustum (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Cardium robustum (75025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Dinocardium robustum (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Dinocardium robustum (80034)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cardium robustum (79334 79335 79336) Dinocardium robustum (41501 41718 61309 79787 79788)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Dinocardium robustum (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Dinocardium robustum (61310 67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (North Carolina) Dinocardium robustum (91488)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardium robustum (34269) Dinocardium robustum (61311 69087 79731 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Dinocardium robustum (57703 57705 57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Dinocardium robustum (66742 66746 66750 66751 66752 69045 69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Dinocardium robustum (66756 66758 66760 69046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Dinocardium robustum (41935 41936 92775 92776)