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Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
Taxonomy
Venericardia wilcoxensis was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Midway Gp; Alabama]. Its type specimen is USNM 16452, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis by Heaslip (1968).
It was recombined as Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis by Heaslip (1968).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1903 | Venericardia wilcoxensis Dall p. 1426 figs. pl. 54, fig. 12 |
| 1926 | Venericardia wilcoxensis Cooke figs. pl. 93, figs. 4a, 4b |
| 1933 | Venericardia wilcoxensis Plummer p. 811 |
| 1935 | Venericardia wilcoxensis Gardner pp. 163, 164 |
| 1968 | Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis Heaslip pp. 87-88 |
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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.
†Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis Dall 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| height | 7 | 3.02 | 1.50 | 21.2 | 2.80 | 7.18 |
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| Source: f = family, superf = superfamily | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.20000 Ma
Collections (32 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danian | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia wilcoxensis (2849 2858 2859 2861 2862 2863 2864 2867) | |
| Danian | USA (Texas) | Venericardia wilcoxensis (85315) | |
| Danian | USA (Illinois) | Venericardia wilcoxensis (70129) | |
| Danian - Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia wilcoxensis (35081 90611 91851) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | USA (Texas) | Venericardia wilcoxensis (86307 86328) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia wilcoxensis (2920 2921 2923 2926) | |
| Selandian | USA (Texas) | Baluchicardia wilcoxensis (178129) | |
| Selandian | USA (Alabama) | Venericardia wilcoxensis (2915 2916 2917 2918 2919 84469 86182 89867 90606 90608 205452 205499) |