Baluchicardia is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams in the family Carditidae. These clams were facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeders.[1]

Baluchicardia
Temporal range: from Late Cretaceous to Eocene, 72.1–47.8 Ma[1]
Fossil Venericardia (Baluchicardia) ameliae (Peron) of Maastrichtian age from Algeria at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Baluchicardia

Rutsch and Schenck, 1943
Synonyms
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia)

Subtaxa

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Some authors consider Baluchicardia a subgenus of Venericardia.[2]

  • Baluchicardia francescae [1]
  • Baluchicardia nuriae [1]
  • Baluchicardia obliquata [1]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) ameliae [2]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) amplicrenata [1]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) bulla [1]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) greggiana [1]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) hesperia [1]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) moa [1]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) whitei [1]
  • Venericardia (Baluchicardia) wilcoxensis [1]

Distribution

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Species within this genus have been found in the Eocene of the United States, in the Paleocene of Colombia and the United States, and in the Cretaceous of Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, France, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Tunisia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "†Baluchicardia Rutsch and Schenck 1943". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b E. Ghiozzi, A. Malatesta I molluschi del Paleocene, pg. 92 Archived 2014-05-24 at the Wayback Machine