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Purpurocardia fyfei
Taxonomy
Venericardia fyfei was named by Finlay and Marwick (1937) [TYPE LOCALITY: Paleocene (Wangaloan), South Island, New Zealand]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) fyfei by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Purpurocardia fyfei by Beu et al. (1990).
It was recombined as Venericardia (Venericardia) fyfei by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Purpurocardia fyfei by Beu et al. (1990).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Venericardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick p. 26 figs. pl. 14, figs. 2, 4, 5 |
| 1966 | Venericardia (Venericardia) fyfei Fleming p. 152 |
| 1990 | Purpurocardia fyfei Beu et al. p. 398 |
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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.
†Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937
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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, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||