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Pleuromeris elegantoides
Taxonomy
Cardita elegantoides was named by Ortman (1902) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene-Miocene; Chile, Argentina.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Pleuromeris elegantoides by Malumian et al. (1978), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999); it was recombined as Venericardia elegantoides by Camacho et al. (2000).
It was recombined as Pleuromeris elegantoides by Malumian et al. (1978), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999); it was recombined as Venericardia elegantoides by Camacho et al. (2000).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Cardita elegantoides Ortman p. 125 figs. pl. 26, fig. 5 |
| 1978 | Pleuromeris elegantoides Malumian et al. p. 275 |
| 1999 | Pleuromeris elegantoides Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 28 |
| 2000 | Venericardia elegantoides Camacho et al. p. 68 |
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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.
†Pleuromeris elegantoides Ortman 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 48.07000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Eocene | Argentina | Venericardia elegantoides (71613) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Argentina | Pleuromeris elegantoides (66145 66146) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | Pleuromeris elegantoides (78425 78426 78427) |