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Dinocardium

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Dinocardium was named by Dall (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cerastoderma (Dinocardium) by Gardner (1945); it was reranked as Cardium (Dinocardium) by Richards (1953); it was reranked as Laevicardium (Dinocardium) by Palmer and Brann (1965).

It was assigned to Cerastoderma by Gardner (1945); to Cardium by Richards (1953); to Laevicardium by Palmer and Brann (1965); to Laevicardiinae by Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982) and Dockery (1982); to Cardiidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987) and Ward (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Cardiinae by Schneider (2002); and to Dinocardiini by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Dinocardium Dall
1945Cerastoderma (Dinocardium) Gardner
1953Cardium (Dinocardium) Richards p. 51
1965Laevicardium (Dinocardium) Palmer and Brann p. 164
1980Dinocardium Vokes p. 129
1982Dinocardium Dockery p. 74
1982Dinocardium Woodring p. 646
1987Dinocardium Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Dinocardium Ward p. 92
2002Dinocardium Schneider p. 351 figs. Figure 25
2002Dinocardium Sepkoski
2010Dinocardium Bouchet et al.

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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

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.

G. Dinocardium Dall 1900
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Dinocardium cabezai Gardner 1945
Dinocardium ecuadoriale Olsson 1932
Dinocardium robustum Lightfoot 1786
Dinocardium robustum hazeli Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Dinocardium taphrium Dall 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 07:19:49
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:49
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) D. sp. (60090)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) D. palmerae (91762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Cardium levyi (41453 61109) D. levyi (92391)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Cerastoderma bakeri (43069 43070 43077)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Cerastoderma bakeri (43068 43079)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) D. vicksburgensis (6002 6003 6005 7111 66308 66310 66315 66316 66330 66331)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) D. taphrium (71651 71652)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Cardium pinellasense (60985 61045 61070)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) D. ecuadorialis (61054 61064 61066)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Tamaulipas) Cerastoderma cabezai (43071 43072 43073 43074 43075 43076)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Cardium ecuadorialis (66178)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) D. sp. (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cardium taphrium (42482 42605 42642 42656 42657 42663 42677 42678 42682 42684)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama D. robustum (42597 42598 42604 93047 93048 93049 93050)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Guayas) D. ecuadorialis (61092 61093)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Cardium taphrium (42692 42874 42884 42886 42890 43031 43036 43048 94810 111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) D. cabezai (145332)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela D. brantlyi (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama D. sp. (145524)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador D. sp. (96441)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina D. novus (71545 71546 71549 71550 71564)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia D. brantlyi (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) D. ecuadorialis (60640)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) D. robustum (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Cardium robustum (75025)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan D. angustum (97111)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica D. sp. (69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Cardium parkinsoni (84759 84764 84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) D. sp. (157969)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Belgium Laevicardium parkinsoni (86807)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cardium robustum (79334 79335 79336) D. hazeli (79748) D. robustum (41501 41718 61309 79787 79788)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) D. robustum (80034) D. sp. (80033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) D. robustum (60944)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan D. braunsi (97028)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Cardium parkinsoni (84834)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) D. robustum (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) D. robustum (61310 67069)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (North Carolina) D. robustum (91488)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) D. robustum (66742 66746 66750 66751 66752 69045 69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan D. braunsi (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) D. robustum (57703 57705 57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cardium robustum (34269) D. robustum (61311 69087 79731 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) D. robustum (66756 66758 66760 69046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) D. robustum (41935 41936 92775 92776)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) D. sp. (92522)