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Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium porulosum was named by Solander (1766) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleogene; Western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cardium (Trachycardium) porulosum by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was recombined as Vepricardium (Orthocardium) porulosum by Cox et al. (1969); it was recombined as Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum by Keen (1980) and Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Cardium porulosum Solander pp. 39-40 figs. pl. 8, fig. 99
1904Cardium (Trachycardium) porulosum Cossmann and Pissarro figs. pl. 7, fig. 69-4
1969Vepricardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Cox et al. p. N586
1980Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Keen p. 7
1995Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum Le Renard and Pacaud p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyCardioidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyCardiidaeLamarck 1809
—Neocardiids
—EucardiidsSchneider 1995
subfamilyOrthocardiinae
genusCardiumTremlett 1950
subgenusOrthocardium
speciesporulosum(Solander 1766)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-07-04 09:31:14
Modified: 2009-08-17 22:21:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Orthocardium porulosum (77608)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Cardium porulosum (59788)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Cardium porulosum (42583)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Orthocardium porulosum (3257 3258)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Orthocardium porulosum (8124 8125) Vepricardium porulosum (8047)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Orthocardium porulosum (77611)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Vepricardium porulosum (3265)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Cardium porulosum (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Vepricardium porulosum (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Trachycardium porulosum (42636 42639)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cardium porulosum (42582 42584 42585 42586)