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Venericardia crossensis
Taxonomy
Venericardia crossensis was named by Reyment (1955). Its type specimen is BMNH L.82967, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amamgbala, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore shale in the Nkporo Shale Formation of Nigeria.
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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Venericardia crossensis Reyment p. 141 figs. Pl 3, figs 12a,b,c, 13a,b |
| 1957 | Venericardia crossensis Dartevelle and Freneix p. 127 |
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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.
†Venericardia crossensis Reyment 1955
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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: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Nigeria | Venericardia crossensis (type locality: 82734) |