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Pseudocardium packardi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Taxonomy
Spisula packardi was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 395, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.

It was recombined as Mactra packardi by Clark and Anderson (1938); it was recombined as Mactra (Spisula) packardi by Durham (1944); it was recombined as Pseudocardium packardi by Moore (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Spisula densata, Spisula panzana, Spisula sachalinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Spisula packardi Dickerson p. 169 figs. pl. 28, figs. 5a, 5b
1938Mactra packardi Clark and Anderson p. 948 figs. Plate 2, figures 6 and 7
1938Spisula packardi Effinger p. 373
1944Mactra (Spisula) packardi Durham p. 151
2003Pseudocardium packardi Moore

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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
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyMactroidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyMactridaeLamarck 1809
subfamilyMactrinaeLamarck 1809
genusPseudocardium
speciespackardi()

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.

†Pseudocardium packardi Dickerson 1917
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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: 2009-09-09 13:48:47
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:48:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Oligocene or 41.30000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Spisula packardi (194549)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9Russian Federation Spisula packardi (50138)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) Spisula packardi (200858 200859 200860 200862 200863 200867 200868 200921 201047 201050 201051)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Spisula packardi (52204 203164)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Mactra packardi (205787) Spisula packardi (52799 52802)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Mactra packardi (91606 91607 208137) Spisula packardi (40733)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Spisula packardi (71161 71164 71166 71167 71170 71174 71175 71178)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Spisula packardi (4900)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Mactra packardi (208144)