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Unicardium

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Mactromyidae

Taxonomy
Unicardium was named by d'Orbigny (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-u K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 791,991].

It was synonymized subjectively with Mactromya by Cox (1929).

It was assigned to Lucinidae by Meek (1864); to Mactromyidae by Cox et al. (1969) and Vokes (1980); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
U. schmidii
Species lacking formal opinion data
U. concentricum, U. subglobosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Unicardium d'Orbigny
1864Unicardium Meek p. 50
1969Unicardium Cox et al. p. 513
1980Unicardium Vokes p. 106
2002Unicardium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyMactromyidaeCox 1929
genusUnicardiumd'Orbigny 1850

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. †Unicardium d'Orbigny 1850
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†Unicardium schmidii Geinitz 1842
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: chemosymbioticsuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:48:27
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:06:59
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 251.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) U. sp. A (156102)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Bivalvia indet. (63206)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland U. rectangulare, U. schmidii (63538)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Hessen) U. schmidti (66083)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) U. schmidi (66084) U. schmidii (206384)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany U. schmidti (66078 66080)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Romania U. schmidii (197722)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Germany U. schmidi (34703)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Peru U. sp. (206478)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Canada (British Columbia) U. sp. (97843)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile U. sp. (7420)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Chile U. sp. (33957 33962)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Chile U. sp. (7428)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Serbia and Montenegro U. robustum (73325 73327)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Chile U. sp. (33654)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland U. sp. (124923)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India U. aceste (61524 61542) U. sp. (61537)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Spain U. sp., U. aceste (36212)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India U. aceste (63059)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India U. aceste (68385)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Greenland U. aceste (1464 1465 1466 1467)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India U. aceste (63533)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Eritrea U. sp. (94573) U. subglobosum (94569 94582)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen U. sp. (212487)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7India U. sp. (63535 63537)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain U. josephense, U. angulatum (36211) U. sp. A, U. bernardinum (36210)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal U. sp. (67955)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) U. sp. (68220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Ethiopia U. excentricum (94491)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen U. sp. (212016 212017)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen U. sp. (212022)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland U. aceste (1234 1474)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0USA (Arizona) U. sp. (64989)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) U. meekii (222686)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) U. ringmeriense (81001 81002 82814)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) U. sp. (82809)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) U. neusensis (7610)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) U. umbonatum (6121)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) U. umbonatum (6144 6146 6147 6155 6156 6157)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) U. concentricum (88357)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) U. concentricum (4541)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) U. sp. (4380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Denmark U. sp. (35039)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) U. sp. (163014 163028)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) U. concentricum (4280 4301)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) U. sp. (4255)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) U. sp. (4103)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) U. concentricum (4435 4465) U. sp. (4441 4496)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) U. concentricum (4127) U. sp. (4143)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) U. concentricum (4177 4178 4197 4201) U. sp. (4186 4198 4203 4205 4230)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) U. sp. (4385 4386)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) U. concentricum (4347 4350 4351 4353)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark U. sp. (35040)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9India (S.W. Kutch) U. sp. (13521)