Cypricardinia

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Cypricardinia
Temporal range: Early Ordovician-Late Permian
~485.4–254  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Family: Cardiniidae
Genus: Cypricardinia
Hall 1860 [1]
Species
  • C. borealicaMuromtseva, 1984
  • C. contractaGirty, 1909
  • C. dalecarlicaIsberg, 1934
  • C. elegansClarke & Swartz, 1913 [2]
    • C. elegans var. angustaClarke & Swartz, 1913
  • C. eopermicaBiakov, 2005
  • C. fayettevillensisGirty, 1910
  • C. fossaCampbell and Engel, 1963
  • C. kallholniensisIsberg, 1934
  • C. permicaLicharew, 1931
  • C. securigeraTalent, 1963

Cypricardinia is an extinct genus of bivalves. Species are found worldwide. [3]

References

  1. Palæontology of New York: Containing descriptions and figures of the organic remains of the Lower Helderburg Group and the Oriskany Sandstone. J. Hall, 1860, New York Geological Survey, 3(1), pages 1-532
  2. Systematic paleontology of the Upper Devonian deposits of Maryland JM Clarke and CK Swartz, Maryland Geological Survey, Middle and Upper Devonian, 1913
  3. Cypricardinia at Fossilworks.org