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Palaeocardita ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4591126	https://www.gbif.org/species/4591126
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18013	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18013

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Palaeocardita

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Palaeocarditidae : Palaeocardita

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
family	Palaeocarditidae
genus	Palaeocardita	Conrad 1867

Scientific Name

Palaeocardita Conrad, 1867

Name Published In

Amer. J. Conch., 3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palaeocardita	genus	belongs to Palaeocarditinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Palaeocardita	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Palaeocardita	genus	belongs to Palaeocarditinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Palaeocardita	genus	belongs to Carditidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

183 - 174 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Bivalvia)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Bivalvia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cardita buruca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardita trapezoidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeocardita austriaca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		56	237 Ma Middle Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita buruca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita carinata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita glaukos ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita iranica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		17	216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita peruviana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	237 Ma Middle Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita quadrata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Palaeocardita silberlingi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita singularis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	237 Ma Middle Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita stoecklini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Palaeocardita trapezoidalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1867	Palaeocardita Conrad
1980	Palaeocardita Vokes p. 119
2002	Palaeocardita Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Palaeocardita Bouchet et al.
2014	Palaeocardita Ros-Franch et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

Amer. J. Conch., 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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