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Protocardia (Pachycardium)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Pachycardium Conrad
1937Pachycardium Popenoe p. 388
1980Pachycardium Vokes p. 129
1995Protocardia (Pachycardium) Schneider p. 339
2002Pachycardium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyProtocardiinaeReuss 1846
genusProtocardia(Beyrich 1845)
subgenusPachycardium(Conrad 1869)

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.

Subg. †Protocardia (Pachycardium) Conrad 1869
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†Pachycardium coronaensis Packard 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Pachycardium remondianum (167601 167603)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Pachycardium coronaense (220930) Pachycardium remondianum (167600 185390)
Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian93.9 - 70.6USA (California) Cardium coronaensis (207640)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Pachycardium coronaensis (215284 220313)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Pachycardium sp. (7617)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Pachycardium stantoni (6664)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Pachycardium wadei (7466 7467)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Pachycardium stantoni (3867)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Pachycardium sp. (46617)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Pachycardium spillmani (1295)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India Pachycardium bisectum (1351)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Pachycardium spillmani (1309)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Pachycardium spillmani, Pachycardium sp. (1311)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) Pachycardium spillmani (1302)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Pachycardium sp. (1305) Pachycardium spillmani (1303 1391)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Pachycardium sp., Pachycardium spillmani (1306) Pachycardium spillmani (1308) Protocardia spillmani (4257)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Pachycardium spillmani (1313 26818)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Pachycardium spillmani (1310)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil Pachycardium riogramamense (1360)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Pachycardium spillmani (1348)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar Pachycardium subtriangulare (1322)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Pachycardium wadei (1392 1393)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Protocardia sp. (4256 4264 4270) Protocardia spillmani (4247 4250 4273 4286)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Protocardia spillmani (4100 4104 4105 4112 4118)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Protocardia sp. (4281) Protocardia spillmani (4278 4305)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Protocardia sp. (4178 4186 4201 4202 4205 4236) Protocardia spillmani (4206)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Protocardia sp. (4377 4381)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Protocardia spillmani (4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Protocardia sp. (4168) Protocardia spillmani (4124 4126 4127 4129 4136 4137 4148 4156 4161 4170)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Missouri) Protocardia spillmani (4382)