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Hilgardia ✝
| Description | Hilgardia was a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the California Agricultural Experiment Station, which was founded by the Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887. The title honors Eugene W. Hilgard, who was from 1875 to 1904 Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at UC Berkeley and was also the California Agricultural Experiment Station's first Director. The journal, which was published from 1925 (volume 1) to 1995 (volume 62), published a total of 972 articles. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilgardia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculida : Hilgardia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Hilgardia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Hilgardia Harris, 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Amer. Paleont., 30, 117 (Sec. 1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | coastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Nuculanidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculanidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion (based on Nuculanidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilgardia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hilgardia compressa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hilgardia multilineata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Hilgardia parkei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Leda multilineata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nuculana (Hilgardia) multilineata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1946 | Hilgardia Harris |
| 1965 | Nuculana (Hilgardia) Palmer and Brann |
| 1980 | Hilgardia Dockery p. 147 |
| 1980 | Hilgardia Vokes p. 5 |
| 1987 | Hilgardia Squires p. 54 |
| 2001 | Hilgardia Squires p. 15 |
| 2002 | Hilgardia Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
