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Inoceramus (Cordiceramus)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy
Cordiceramus was named by Heinz (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-l K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 991].

It was reranked as Inoceramus (Cordiceramus) by Petrascheck (1961).

It was assigned to Inoceramus by Petrascheck (1961); to Inoceramidae by Vokes (1980); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Subtaxa
Cordiceramus cordiformis, Cordiceramus gilberti, Cordiceramus lesginensis, Germanoceramus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cordiceramus heberti, Cordiceramus muelleri, Inoceramus agdjakendensis, Inoceramus anakusensis, Inoceramus angulatus, Inoceramus angustiundulatus, Inoceramus annulatus, Inoceramus aucella, Inoceramus australis, Inoceramus balchii, Inoceramus barsliensis, Inoceramus bererensis, Inoceramus bicorrugatus, Inoceramus bojarkensis, Inoceramus borilensis, Inoceramus bornholmensis, Inoceramus cadottensis, Inoceramus comancheanus, Inoceramus concentrica, Inoceramus conicus, Inoceramus crippsi, Inoceramus crippsi, Inoceramus crispi, Inoceramus curvieri, Inoceramus etheridgei, Inoceramus ewaldi, Inoceramus fiegei, Inoceramus flavus, Inoceramus goldfussi, Inoceramus guerichi, Inoceramus gusselkaensis, Inoceramus heinzi, Inoceramus iburiensis, Inoceramus incurvus, Inoceramus ipuanus, Inoceramus irenensis, Inoceramus kapuus, Inoceramus labiatiformis, Inoceramus labiatoidiformis, Inoceramus lapparenti, Inoceramus maedae, Inoceramus mamatensis, Inoceramus marathonensis, Inoceramus matotorus, Inoceramus nodai, Inoceramus nukeus, Inoceramus obtusus, Inoceramus opetius, Inoceramus pedalionoides, Inoceramus perplexus, Inoceramus pertenuis, Inoceramus pochialaineni, Inoceramus proximus, Inoceramus pseudoregularis, Inoceramus quadrans, Inoceramus quatsinoensis, Inoceramus reduncus, Inoceramus renngarteni, Inoceramus rhomboides, Inoceramus richensis, Inoceramus rutherfordi, Inoceramus sagensis, Inoceramus saratoviensis, Inoceramus schloenbachi, Inoceramus schoendorfi, Inoceramus soukupi, Inoceramus spitzbergensis, Inoceramus steenstrupi, Inoceramus stilley, Inoceramus stoneleyi, Inoceramus subneocomiensis, Inoceramus subpercostatus, Inoceramus sutherlandi, Inoceramus tenuilineatum, Inoceramus tenuis, Inoceramus tenuistriatus, Inoceramus tenuistriatus(), Inoceramus tenuiumbonatus, Inoceramus typicus, Inoceramus urius, Inoceramus vanuxemi, Inoceramus vanuxemiformis, Inoceramus volgensis, Inoceramus waltersdorfensis, Inoceramus wandereri, Inoceramus warakius, Inoceramus yokoyamai, Inoceramus zavoljiensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Germanoceramus Heinz
1932Cordiceramus Heinz p. 12
1961Inoceramus (Cordiceramus) Petrascheck pp. 125-140
1980Cordiceramus Vokes p. 40
2002Cordiceramus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—MyalinataPaul 1939
orderMyalinidaPaul 1939
superfamilyInoceramoideaGiebel 1852
familyInoceramidaeGiebel 1852
genusInoceramusSowerby 1814
subgenusCordiceramus(Heinz 1932)

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. †Inoceramus (Cordiceramus) Heinz 1932
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†Cordiceramus cordiformis Sowerby 1823
†Cordiceramus gilberti White 1876
†Cordiceramus lesginensis Dobrov and Pavlova 1959
Invalid names: Germanoceramus Heinz 1932 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:12:15
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:12:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 89.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) Inoceramus sp. (185503)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Inoceramus muelleri (82259)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Inoceramus cordiformis (89211)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Peru Cordiceramus muelleri (62018)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Inoceramus cordiformis (225374)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5USA (California) Inoceramus cordiformis (224905)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.3 - 70.6Italy (Veneto) Inoceramus muelleri (142756)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) Inoceramus cordiformis (86934 215315)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Inoceramus muelleri (82268)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Cordiceramus cordiformis (3737)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1USA (California) Inoceramus sp. (185742)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Texas) Cordiceramus arnoldi, Cordiceramus cordiformis (99933 99934)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain Cordiceramus bueltenensis, Cordiceramus cordiinitialis, Cordiceramus sp. (74456) Cordiceramus cordiinitialis (74463) Cordiceramus cordiinitialis, Cordiceramus haenleini (74467) Cordiceramus koeplitzi (74469)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Colorado) Cordiceramus sp. (74325) Cordiceramus sp., Cordiceramus arnoldi (74323) Inoceramus cordiformis (87852 87854)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Montana) Cordiceramus arnoldi (100216) Cordiceramus cordiformis (89496)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain (Catalunia) Cordiceramus bueltenensis, Cordiceramus cordiinitialis (162692)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Poland Inoceramus cordiformis (179488)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jamaica Cordiceramus muelleri (99824 99825 99827)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Utah) Cordiceramus gilberti (100217)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Madagascar Cordiceramus sp. (232218)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Colorado) Cordiceramus muelleri (74331)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) Inoceramus cordiformis (87848) Inoceramus muelleri, Inoceramus bueltenensis (87849)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Colorado) Cordiceramus arnoldi, Cordiceramus cordiformis (74326) Cordiceramus bueltenensis (74330) Cordiceramus bueltenensis, Cordiceramus brancoiformis (74328) Cordiceramus cordiformis (74327)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Montana) Cordiceramus cordiformis, Cordiceramus lesginensis (100160)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain (Catalunia) Cordiceramus cordiformis (162693)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Turkey Cordiceramus heberti (130884)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Cordiceramus heberti (48008)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Normandy) Cordiceramus sp. (1325)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Nigeria Cordiceramus sp., Cordiceramus coxi (1329)