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Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium tuomeyi was named by Aldrich (1886). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi by Barry (1942); it was recombined as Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi by Palmer and Brann (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cardium tuomeyi Aldrich p. 40 figs. pl. 34, figs. 13, 13a
1942Cardium (Cerastoderma) tuomeyi Barry p. 66
1965Acanthocardia (Schedocardia) tuomeyi Palmer and Brann p. 24

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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
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyCardiinaeLamarck 1809
genusAcanthocardiaGray 1851
subgenusSchedocardia()
speciestuomeyi(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: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.20000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) Acanthocardia tuomeyi (84649 84651)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Alabama) Acanthocardia tuomeyi (85330 85562 85563)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Georgia) Acanthocardia tuomeyi (91885)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Acanthocardia tuomeyi (80286 80367 80386 90610)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Acanthocardia tuomeyi (92302) Acanthocardia tuomeyi, Cardium tuomeyi (98913) Cardium tuomeyi (98692 98774 98777 98929 99719 99723 99724 99725 101123 101129 105201 105503 105505)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) Cardium tuomeyi (92277 98925 101128 105206 105208)