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Dicerocardium dolomiticum

Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae

Taxonomy
Hemicardium dolomiticum was named by Loretz (1875). It is not extant. Its type locality is Croda da Lago, which is in a Norian carbonate limestone in the Dachstein Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Dicerocardium dolomiticum by Frech (1912).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Hemicardium dolomiticum Loretz
1912Dicerocardium dolomiticum Frech

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderMegalodontidaStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyMegalodontoidea(Morris 1853)
familyDicerocardiidaeKutassy 1934
genusDicerocardiumStoppani 1856
speciesdolomiticum(Loretz 1875)

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: aragonitesuperf
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-07 08:30:28
Modified: 2007-09-07 10:30:28
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Italy (Belluno) Hemicardium dolomiticum, Dicerocardium dolomiticum (203300)