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Pseudocardiniidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4593008	https://www.gbif.org/species/4593008
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	61948	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=61948

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Pseudocardiniidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Pseudocardiniidae

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
-	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
-	Unioni	Gray 1854
-	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Trigoniida
superfamily	Pseudocardinioidea	Martinson 1961
family	Pseudocardiniidae	Martinson 1961

Scientific Name

Pseudocardiniidae

Name Published In

Martinson, G. G. (1961). Mezozoiskie i Kaynozoyskie Molluski Kontinentalnykh Otlozheniy Sibirskoy Platformy, Zabaykalya i Mongolii [Mesozoic and Cenozoic Mollusca, Non-marine Sedimentary Succession of Sibirican platform, Baikalia and Mongolia]. East Sibirican Branch, Sibirican Section, Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Izdatelstvo Akademiy Nauk SSSR. Moscow. Trudy Baikal'skoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii [Transactions of Baikalian Limnologic Station]. 19:1–332 p., 26 pl. In Russian.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudocardiniidae	family	belongs to Anthracosiacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Pseudocardiniidae	family	belongs to Pseudocardinioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Pseudocardiniidae	family	belongs to Sphaerioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Pseudocardiniidae	family	belongs to Pseudocardinioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

237 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

166 - 152 Ma
Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Trigoniida)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Trigoniida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Apseudocardinia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Hamiconcha ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Jiangxiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pseudocardinia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Xinjiangconcha ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Xinyuella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1961	Pseudocardiniidae Martinson
1965	Pseudocardiniidae Newell p. 18
1980	Pseudocardiniidae Vokes p. 72
2009	Pseudocardiniidae Nevesskaja
2010	Pseudocardiniidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Pseudocardiniidae Carter et al. p. 12

References

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

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

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

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Carter, J. G.; Altaba, C. R.; Anderson, L. C.; Araujo, R.; Biakov, A. S.; Bogan, A. E.; Campbell, D. C.; Campbell, M.; Jin-hua, C.; Cope, J. C. W.; Delvene, G.; Dijkstra, H. H.; Zong-jie, F.; Gardner, R. N.; Gavrilova, V. A.; Goncharova, I. A.; Harries, P. J.; Hartman, J. H.; Hautmann, M.; Hoeh, W. R.; Hylleberg, J.; Bao-yu, J.; Johnston, P.; Kirkendale, L.; Kleemann, K.; Koppka, J.; Kříž, J.; Machado, D.; Malchus, N.; Márquez-Aliaga, A.; Masse, J.-P.; McRoberts, C. A.; Middelfart, P.U.; Mitchell, S.; Nevesskaja, L. A.; Özer, S.; Pojeta, J. Jr.; Polubotko, I.V.; Pons, J. M.; Popov, S.; Sánchez, T.; Sartori, A. F.; Scott, R. W.; Sey, I. I.; Signorelli, J. H.; Silantiev, V. V.; Skelton, P. W.; Steuber, T.; Waterhouse, J. B.; Wingard, G. L.; Yancey, T. (2011). A synoptical classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1-47. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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