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Cardita (Cardita) superioris
Taxonomy
Cardita superioris was named by Waring (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; California]. Its type specimen is CAS/SU 143, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tejon from the McCray Wells (Locality 8 of Waring 1917), which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Llajas Formation of California.
It was recombined as Cardita (Cardita) superioris by Moore (1992).
It was recombined as Cardita (Cardita) superioris by Moore (1992).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. aculeata, C. aculeata, C. acuticosta, C. aegyptica, C. alloiteaui, C. apotegea, C. asteriana, C. baziniformis, C. bericorum, C. beuquei, C. bicolor, C. bifurca, C. boettgeri, C. caliculata, C. canaliculata, C. chmeietensis, C. cloacina, C. constantii, C. cultrigera, C. cumanesa, C. cumingiana, C. decipiens, C. defterensis, C. delettrei, C. depressa, C. dimorpha, C. domgeri, C. elongata, C. extensa, C. fajumensis, C. fayumensis, C. fenestrata, C. forgemolli, C. gastelloi, C. globiformis, C. gryphoides, C. gubernaculum, C. gunteri, C. hortensis, C. ishigakensis, C. javana, C. jonanneti, C. jouanneti, C. jouanneti, C. koroniensis, C. laticostata, C. leana, C. libyca, C. liveoakensis, C. mansuyi, C. monilifera, C. morganiana, C. newtoni, C. oblonga, C. pectinata, C. pleschakovi, C. rotonda, C. rudista, C. ruginosa, C. sallomacensis, C. sanctae-crucis, C. senegalensis, C. squamulosa, C. subcomplanata, C. subdeceptiva, C. suborbicularis, C. subrudista, C. suessi, C. sulcataria, C. sumatrensis, C. tankervillei, C. tenuicosta, C. tetragona, C. tigilensis, C. tjidamarensis, C. upwarensis, C. valdensis, C. villersensis, C. viquesneli, C. xenophonti, C. partschi, C. belenensis, C. tkidamarensis, C. anclotensis, C. apotegea, C. arata, C. gracilis, C. ezoensis, C. nuwokensis, C. steinekei, C. subcrassidens, C. subnipponica, C. trapezia, C. hippopea, C. jouanneti, C. decemcostata, C. perplana, C. albasiensis, C. partschi, C. squamosissima, C. subminuta, Glans ronchetti
Synonymy list
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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.
†Cardita (Cardita) superioris Waring 1917
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Cardita superioris (193039) |