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Pterocardiidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Pterocardiidae

Taxonomy
Pterocardiidae was named by Scarlato and Starobogatov (1979).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cardiidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Cardioidea by Nevesskaja (2009) and Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Pterocardiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov
2009Pterocardiidae Nevesskaja
2011Pterocardiidae Carter et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyPterocardiidaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979
familyPterocardiidaeScarlato and Starobogatov 1979

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.

Fm. †Pterocardiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
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G. †Pterocardia Bayan 1874
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Pterocardia andriacensis Cossmann 1900
Pterocardia eparcyensis Fischer 1964
Pterocardia pesbovis d'Archiac 1843
Pterocardia subminuta d'Orbigny 1850
Subfm. †Tulongocardiinae Schneider 1995
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G. †Tulongocardium Chen et al. 1976
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Tulongocardium nequam Healey 1908
Invalid names: Vietnamicardium Vu-Khuc 1977 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pterocardiinae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:44:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:44:56
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 208.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Nevada) Vietnamicardium sp. (210696 210698)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Vietnamicardium altum (49198) Vietnamicardium nequam (49324 49328 49662)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Iran Vietnamicardium altum (49031)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran Vietnamicardium altum (49571 49694)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Pterocardia sp. (25608 25774 26148 26382 26386)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Spain Pterocardia sp. (25888)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom Pterocardia sp. (37509)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Pterocardia buvignieri (48142 48300) Pterocardia buvignieri, Pterocardia pesbovi (48522)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Late/Upper Bajocian167.7 - 167.7France Pterocardia sp. (8834)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Pterocardia pesbovis (96149 96166 96167 96168 96184 96189) Pterocardia pesbovis, Pterocardia subminuta (96185) Pterocardia pesbovis, Pterocardia subminuta, Pterocardia eparcyensis (96154 96192)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Pterocardia pesbovis (96142 96143 96174 96181) Pterocardia pesbovis, Pterocardia subminuta, Pterocardia eparcyensis (96144 96151 96157 96162 96175 96178)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Pterocardia eparcyensis (96146) Pterocardia pesbovis (96152 96158 96163 96169 96176 96177) Pterocardia pesbovis, Pterocardia subminuta (96145)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Pterocardia pesbovis (96172 96179 96190)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Pterocardia buvignieri (47902) Pterocardia buvignieri, Pterocardia pesbovi (48506 48537 48538) Pterocardia pesbovi (47875 48525) Pterocardia pesbovi, Pterocardia buvignieri (48524)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Pterocardia buvignieri (46296 46313)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Pterocardia buvignieri (11085)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Pterocardia corallina (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Pterocardia corallina (57157)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany Pterocardia alata (13377)