Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich. 1999. Invertibrados fósiles marinos de la Formación Guadal (Oligoceno superio-Mioceno inferior) en Pampa, Castillo region, región de Aisén, Chile. Servico Nacional de Geologia y Mineria Chile Boletin 51:1-96
Parent taxon: Cardiidae according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999
Sister taxa: Austrocardium, Cerastoderma, Dochmocardia, Europicardium, Goethemia, Hemicardium, Indocardium, Jurassicardium, Laevicardiinae, Lahilliinae, Maoricardium, Monodacna, Neocardiids, Obsoletiforma, Obsoletiformes, Papillicardium, Papyridea, Paradacna, Parvicardium, Parvidacna, Pascoella, Perucardia, Plagiocardium, Protocardiinae, Ringicardium, Sawkinsia, Serripes, Trachycardiinae, Goniocardium
Subtaxa: Patagonicardium iheringi Patagonicardium quadalensis
Type: Cardium philippi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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