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Pterocardia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8600692	https://www.gbif.org/species/8600692
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18657	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18657

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Pterocardiidae : Pterocardia

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
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Cardioidea
family	Pterocardiidae	Scarlato and Starobogatov 1979
genus	Pterocardia	Bayan 1874

Scientific Name

Pterocardia Bayan, 1874

Name Published In

Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève, 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pterocardia	genus	belongs to Hippuritoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pterocardia	genus	belongs to Megalodontidae	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 2003
Pterocardia	genus	belongs to Pterocardiidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Cardioidea)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Cardioidea)

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
Cardium andriacense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterocardia alata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterocardia andriacensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pterocardia brouzetense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterocardia cochleata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterocardia corallina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterocardia couloni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterocardia eparcyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pterocardia pesbovis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pterocardia subminuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pterocardia valfinense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pterocardia wimmisense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pterocardium Rollier, 1912	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Pterocardiidae : *Pterocardium*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1874	Pterocardia Bayan
2002	Pterocardia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Pterocardia Kiessling
2010	Pterocardia Bouchet et al.

References

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

Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève, 10 - 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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