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Dinocardium vicksburgense

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium vicksburgense was named by Conrad (1848) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Oligocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is USNM 340467, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium (Cerastoderma) vicksburgense by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Dinocardium vicksburgense by Dockery (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. novus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Cardium vicksburgense Conrad p. 292
1865Cardium (Cerastoderma) vicksburgense Conrad p. 7
1982Dinocardium vicksburgense Dockery p. 74

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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
speciesvicksburgense()

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.

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Diagnosis
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