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Purpurocardia
Taxonomy
Purpurocardia was named by Maxwell (1969) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 728]. It is extant. Its type is Cardita purpurata.
It was assigned to Venericardiinae by Beu et al. (1990); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carditidae by Beu (2006).
It was assigned to Venericardiinae by Beu et al. (1990); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carditidae by Beu (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Purpurocardia Maxwell p. 174 |
| 1990 | Purpurocardia Beu et al. p. 398 |
| 2002 | Purpurocardia Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Purpurocardia Beu p. 221 |
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G. Purpurocardia Maxwell 1969
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†Purpurocardia beata Marwick 1928
†Purpurocardia fyfei Finlay and Marwick 1937
†Purpurocardia haskelli Fleming 1950
†Purpurocardia lillei Fleming 1943
†Purpurocardia penerectangularis Bartrum and Powell 1928
†Purpurocardia perscrupulosa Marwick 1932
Purpurocardia purpurata Deshayes 1854
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Invalid names: Cardita difficilis Deshayes 1854 [synonym]
†Purpurocardia southlandica Fleming 1955
†Purpurocardia titirangiensis Marwick 1943
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Invalid names: Venericardia martini Marwick 1928 [replaced]
†Purpurocardia urutiensis Marwick 1926
†Purpurocardia waikohuensis Marwick 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | New Zealand (Chatham Islands) | P. sp. (3641) | |
| Danian | New Zealand (Southland) | Venericardia fyfei (50214) | |
| Selandian - Thanetian | New Zealand | Venericardia fyfei (64697 64698 64699) | |
| Middle Eocene | Pakistan | Venericardia sp. (45619) | |
| Bortonian - Kaiatan | New Zealand | Venericardia sp. (52129) | |
| Oligocene | New Zealand | Venericardia sp. (45018) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina (Río Negro) | P. sp. (179578) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | Venericardia perscrupulosa (67896 67897) | |
| Middle Miocene | New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) | Venericardia perscrupulosa (45177 45185) Venericardia sp. (45183) | |
| Kapitean | New Zealand | Venericardia purpurata (180103) | |
| Pliocene | India | Venericardia martini (77658) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | New Zealand (Wellington) | P. purpurata (94818) |