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Cardium (Granocardium) productum (Sowerby, 1832)

 

 

Remarks

  • Collector:    Cyril Baudouin
  • Formation:  Unnamed Turonian rocks of France
  • Location:     Uchaux, Vaucluse, France

 

 

 

General Info

 

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

  • 1832 Cardium productum Sowerby
  • 1840 Cardium asperum Goldfuss
  • 1842 Cardium guttiferum Matheron
  • 1843 Cardium productum Sowerby; d'Orbigny
  • 1843 Cardium alternatum d'Orbigny
  • 1847 Cardium subalternatum d'Orbigny
  • 1865 Cardium productum Sowerby; Zittel
  • 1912 Cardium (Trachycardium) productum (Sowerby); Pervinqiere
  • 1913 Cardium (Granocardium) productum (Sowerby); Roman & Mazeran
  • 1989 Granocardium productum (Sowerby); Fischer

 

Stratigraphic Occurrence

  • Late Turonian through Coniacian rrocks of France
  • Late Turonian through Coniacian rocks of England

 

Age

  •  Cardium (Granocardium) productum ranges from the Late Turonian to the Coniacian Stage (~90−88 mya).

 

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

  • England
  • France

 

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

  • Fischer, J.-C.  1989.  Fossiles de France, 2e édition.  Paris:  Masson, plate 130, fig. 1.
  • Roman, F.; Mazeran, P.  1913.  Monographie Paléontologique de la Faune du Turonien du Bassin d'Uchaux et de ses Dépendences.  Georg, H., ed.  Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 7, p. 96−97; plate VIII, fig's 17, 17a, 18, 19, and 19a.
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