Pseudocardium densatum
UNB-2018-0695Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Mollusca » Bivalvia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Autobranchia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Pseudocardium (Gabb, 1866)
Species: Pseudocardium densatum (Conrad, 1856)
Large specimen of the right valve with thin growth lines. Large, rounded umbo. Anterior adductor scar is visible on the interior part of the valve. Rounded ventral margin and rounded/triangular dorsal margin. Heterodont dentition.
Specifications
| Object name | Pseudocardium densatum |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0695 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene to Pliocene Age: Late Miocene to Late Pliocene |
| Numeric age | 7 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | California, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327
- W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils