Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Alternative spelling: Loxocardium (Schedocardia)
Full reference: R. B. Stewart. 1930. Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 3:1-314
Parent taxon: Cardiinae according to J. A. Schneider 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocardia, Bucardium, Cardiini, Cardium, Chesacardium, Criocardium, Dinocardiini, Dinocardium, Ethmocardium, Granocardium, Planicardium, Procardium, Rudicardium, Septocardia, Vepricardiini, Vepricardium
Subtaxa: none
Type: Cardium hatchetigbeensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (2 collections), Panama (9), Peru (1), United States (77: Alabama, Alaska, California, Oregon, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (3)
• Paleocene of Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: California, Texas)
Total: 96 collections including 98 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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