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Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Taxonomy
Cardium linteum was named by Conrad (1855). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nemocardium linteum by Stewart (1930), Turner (1938), Weaver (1942), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988), Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Squires (1999); it was recombined as Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Cardium linteum Conrad pp. 3, 9
1864Cardium cooperii Gabb p. 172 figs. pl. 24, figs. 154, 154a
1913Cardium dalli Dickerson
1916Cardium marysvillensis Dickerson p. 482
1917Cardium cooperii Waring p. 74 figs. Pl. 13, Fig. 3
1925Cardium linteum Nelson p. 411
1927Cardium (Protocardium) marysvillensis Clark and Woodford
1927Cardium cooperi Hanna p. 285 figs. Plate 41, figures 6 and 7
1930Nemocardium linteum Stewart p. 275 figs. Plate 8, fig. 6
1938Nemocardium linteum Turner p. 52
1942Nemocardium linteum Weaver p. 159
1948Cardium cooperii Beal
1984Nemocardium linteum Squires p. 49 figs. Figure 12c
1987Nemocardium linteum Squires p. 65 fig. 113
1988Nemocardium linteum Squires p. 19 fig. 51
1992Nemocardium linteum Squires and Demetrion p. 42
1999Nemocardium linteum Squires p. 25 figs. Figure 59
2003Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Moore figs. Plate 3, figure 5

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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
subfamilyFraginaeStewart 1930
genusNemocardiumMeek 1876
subgenusNemocardiumMeek 1876
specieslinteum()

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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Invalid names: Cardium (Protocardium) marysvillensis Dickerson 1916 [synonym], Cardium cooperi Gabb 1864 [synonym], Cardium dalli Dickerson 1913 [synonym]
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 Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (113 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) Cardium cooperii (193035)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Nemocardium linteum (49981 50039)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Cardium cooperi (190769 190770 190777 190779 190780 190781 190783 190784 190785 190786 190788 190790 190800) Cardium cooperii (190773)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Cardium cooperi (184016)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Cardium cooperi (205393) Cardium linteum (166096) Nemocardium linteum (52611 52618)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Russian Federation Nemocardium linteum (162250)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (California) Nemocardium linteum (199851)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Nemocardium linteum (202264)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Nemocardium linteum (5544 5545 5546 5547 146900)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Cardium cooperii (122294) Cardium marysvillensis (52419 52422 52423 52425 52426 52428 52431 122339) Cardium marysvillensis, Cardium dalli (122337 200271) Nemocardium linteum (122656 178748 207312)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Nemocardium linteum (52265 52305 200792 200795 200796 200797 200798 200799 200800 200802 200803 200804 200807 200873 200919)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Nemocardium linteum (8014 8017 36859 200144)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Nemocardium linteum (200901)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Nemocardium linteum (200899)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Cardium cooperii (207113 207126)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Cardium cooperi (211016) Nemocardium linteum (111552)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Mexico (Baja California Sur) Cardium cooperii (43758)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Nemocardium linteum (194191 194431)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Cardium cooperi (166459 200720) Cardium linteum (166458 194412 194413 194416) Nemocardium linteum (5540 5541 8012 8013 8015 51922 94821 94824 94827 178777 200145 200766 201259 201697 207157 207168)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Nemocardium linteum (200870 200874 200879 200880 200890 200894 200895 200896 200897 200912 201034 201036 201040 201041)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Baja California) Nemocardium linteum (5505)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Nemocardium linteum (161924)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Cardium cooperii (122296 122336) Nemocardium linteum (52827)