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Paracardium

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae

Taxonomy
Paracardium was named by Barrande (1881) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9521]. Its type is Paracardium subharmonicum.

It was synonymized subjectively with Praecardium by Cox et al. (1969).

It was assigned to Praecardiinae by Vokes (1980); and to Antipleuridae by Kříž (2007).

Species
P. subharmonicum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Paracardium Barrande
1980Paracardium Vokes p. 9
2007Paracardium Kříž p. 1361

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
suborderPraecardiidina()
Antipleuroidei()
superfamilyAntipleuroidea
familyAntipleuridaeNeumayr 1891
genusParacardium

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.

G. †Paracardium Barrande 1881
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Paracardium subharmonicum Newell and LaRocque 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Modified: 2014-02-09 11:13:23
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Eaton 1871

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Frasnian or 425.60000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Algeria P. sp. (27471)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic P. sp. (14166)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic P. filiferum (232620)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Italy (Sardinia) P. eremita (26182)
Pridoli - Helderbergian423.0 - 393.3Italy (Sardinia) P. sp. (26165)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Russian Federation (Nenets) P. subharmonicum (81605)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) P. doris (76100)