Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Synonym: Deltacardium Nägel 2006 [replaced name]
Full reference: J. Nagel-Myers, M. R. W. Amler, and R. T. Becker. 2008. Vetupraeca n. gen. and Mucopraeca n. gen. (Cryptodonta, Bivalvia): a reappraisal of Late Devonian bivalves from the Hercynian Facies. Journal of Paleontology 82(6):1150-1160
Parent taxon: Praecardiidae according to J. Nagel-Myers et al. 2008
See also Rakocinski et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Buchiola, Cardiolinae, Dexiobiinae, Fentounia, Kralovna, Manulicula, Mucopraeca, Praecardiinae, Praecardium, Pseudocostatoria, Telycardia, Tewoella, Neklania
Subtaxa: Vetupraeca clymeniae Vetupraeca duplicata Vetupraeca melletes Vetupraeca vetusta
Type: Cardium vetustum
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (2 collections), United States (5: New York)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
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