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Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki
Taxonomy
Venericardia clarki was named by Weaver and Palmer (1922). Its type specimen is UW 169, a valve, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 329, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.
It was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki by Verástegui (1953), Moore (1992) and Hendy (2020).
It was recombined as Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki by Verástegui (1953), Moore (1992) and Hendy (2020).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1922 | Venericardia clarki Weaver and Palmer p. 19 figs. pl. 9, figs. 4, 5; pl. 10, fig. 8 |
| 1925 | Venericardia clarki Hanna p. 287 figs. Plate 36, figures 3 and 8; plate 43, figures 1 and 2; plate 44, figures 1 and 2 |
| 1953 | Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui p. 425 figs. Plate 21, figures 3,4 |
| 1953 | Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Verástegui p. 426 figs. Plate 20, figures 1-6 |
| 1953 | Venericardia (Leuroactis) popenoei Verástegui pp. 456 - 457 figs. Plate 22, figures 1 - 3 |
| 1992 | Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Moore p. E22 |
| 2020 | Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Hendy |
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†Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki Weaver and Palmer 1922
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Invalid names: Venericardia (Pacificor) weaveri Verástegui 1953 [synonym]
†Venericardia (Pacificor) clarki popenoei Verástegui 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily | |||||
| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Eames 1951, Stanley 1970 | |||||
Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Venericardia weaveri (43346) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Venericardia clarki (191188 202071 202078 202084 202085 202089) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Alaska) | Venericardia clarki (44069 44070) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | Venericardia clarki (202086) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Venericardia clarki (52204 52207 type locality: 201124 203164) |