Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis
UNB-2018-0693Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Carditida
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Venericardia (Rutsch and Schenck, 1943)
Subgenus: Venericardia (Baluchicardia) (Rutsch and Schenck, 1943)
Species: Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis (Dall, 1903)
Specimen of the right valve with longitudinal ribs. Large, rounded umbo. Faint growth lines near the ventral margin. Rounded ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin.
Specifications
| Object name | Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0693 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene Age: Danian to Thanetian |
| Numeric age | 66 - 59.2 Mya |
| Origin | Linden, Alabama, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- W. H. Dall. 1903. Contributions to the Tertiary Fauna of Florida (Part 6). Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3(6):1219-1654