Oxyprora sayrei Elias 1957 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Alternative combination: Conocardium sayrei

Full reference: M. K. Elias. 1957. Late Mississippian fauna from the Redoak Hollow Formation of southern Oklahoma. Part III. Pelecypoda. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):737-784

Belongs to Oxyprora according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Elias 1957 and Hoare 2006

Sister taxa: Hoarepora capitanensis, Hoarepora missouriensis, Hoarepora parrishi, Hoarepora prattenanum, Hoarepora tschernyschewi, Hoarepora uralica, Oxyprora mesialis, Oxyprora equilaterale, Oxyprora oklahomaense, Oxyprora halmerjus, Oxyprora carinatum, Oxyprora digitatum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Village of Milo, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore sandstone in the Redoak Hollow Formation of Oklahoma

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Village of Milo

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