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Megacardita ponderosa
Taxonomy
Venericardia ponderosa was named by Suter (1913) [TYPE LOCALITY: Late Oligocene (Duntroonian); Chatton Fm, Waikaia, South Island, New Zealand]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Venericardia (Megacardita) ponderosa by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Megacardita ponderosa by Beu et al. (1990).
It was recombined as Venericardia (Megacardita) ponderosa by Fleming (1966); it was recombined as Megacardita ponderosa by Beu et al. (1990).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Venericardia ponderosa Suter |
| 1929 | Venericardia caelebs Marwick p. 911 figs. figs. 22, 24 |
| 1966 | Venericardia (Megacardita) ponderosa Fleming p. 25 |
| 1966 | Venericardia (Megacardita) caelebs Fleming p. 152 |
| 1990 | Megacardita ponderosa Beu et al. p. 148 |
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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.
†Megacardita ponderosa Suter 1913
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Invalid names: Venericardia caelebs Marwick 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available