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Taxonomy
Venus prodroma was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352544, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7055 - Old Senterfeit Mill [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.
It was recombined as Mercenaria prodroma by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Mercenaria prodroma by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1947 | Venus prodroma Gardner p. 175 figs. pl. 28, figs. 4-5 |
| 2008 | Mercenaria prodroma Hendy et al. |
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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.
†Mercenaria prodroma Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Venus prodroma (42663 42677 type locality: 42682 42685) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Georgia) | Venus prodroma (42212) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Florida) | Mercenaria prodroma (111204 136943) Venus prodroma (43024) |