†Vetupraeca vetusta Hall 1843
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Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Alternative combinations: Cardium vetustum, Deltacardium vetustum, Praecardium vetustum
Synonym: Cardiola nehdensis Kayser 1873
Full reference: J. Hall. 1843. Geology of New York. Part IV, comprising the survey of the fourth geological district. Natural History of New York 4:1-683
Belongs to Vetupraeca according to J. Nagel-Myers et al. 2008
See also Clarke 1904, Hall 1843, Hall 1885, Kayser 1873 and Rakocinski et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Vetupraeca clymeniae, Vetupraeca duplicata, Vetupraeca melletes
Type specimens:
- Vetupraeca vetusta: AMNH-F1-42169, a shell. Its type locality is soft shales at banks of Genesee river, foot of upper Portage Falls, which is in a Famennian marine shale in the Gowanda Shale Formation of New York.
- Cardiola nehdensis:
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), United States (4: New York)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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