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Cornucardia hornigii

Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae

Taxonomy
Craspedodon hornigii was named by Bittner (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jeruzsálemhegy, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in Hungary. It is the type species of Craspedodon.

It was recombined as Physocardia hornigi by Frech (1912); it was recombined as Cornucardia hornigii by Zapfe (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Craspedodon hornigii Bittner figs. Pl 1, figs 1-9
1901Craspedodon hornigii Bittner figs. Pl 1, figs 1-9
1912Physocardia hornigi Frech
1972Cornucardia hornigii Zapfe p. 592 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,3

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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
orderMegalodontidaStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyMegalodontoidea(Morris 1853)
familyDicerocardiidaeKutassy 1934
genusCornucardiaKoken 1913
specieshornigii()

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.

Cornucardia hornigii Bittner 1901
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Diagnosis
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