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Schedocardia hatchetigbeensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium hatchetigbeensis was named by Aldrich (1886). Its type specimen is USNM 638802, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Schedocardia, Plagiocardium (Schedocardia).

It was recombined as Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) hatchetigbeensis by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) hatchetigbeensis by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Schedocardia hatchetigbeensis by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cardium hatchetigbeensis Aldrich pp. pl. 4, figs. 12, 12a, 12b
1930Plagiocardium (Schedocardia) hatchetigbeensis Stewart p. 255
1965Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) hatchetigbeensis Palmer and Brann p. 23
1982Schedocardia hatchetigbeensis Woodring p. 635

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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
genusSchedocardia()
specieshatchetigbeensis(Aldrich 1886)

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Acanthocardia hatchetigbeensis (90453)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Acanthocardia hatchetigbeensis (80791 80792 90148)