Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium ferox

Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1849. Appendix I. Descriptions of Fossils. 1. Fossils of New South Wales. United States Exploring Expedition During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1842 Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Atlas: Geology 681-720

Belongs to Conocardium according to N. S. Rogalla and M. R. W. Amler 2006

See also Dana 1849

Sister taxa: Conocardium (Conocardium), Conocardium acadianum, Conocardium aliforme, Conocardium altum, Conocardium aquisgranense, Conocardium armatum, Conocardium clipeoforme, Conocardium cresswelli, Conocardium decussatum, Conocardium denticulatum, Conocardium elongatum, Conocardium eximum, Conocardium formosum, Conocardium frater, Conocardium fusiforme, Conocardium gogoensis, Conocardium gympiense, Conocardium immatura, Conocardium incarceratum, Conocardium inceptum, Conocardium inflatum, Conocardium longipennis, Conocardium lyelli, Conocardium nevadensis, Conocardium nexile, Conocardium oehlerti, Conocardium philipsii, Conocardium plinthinatus, Conocardium prunum, Conocardium pseudobellum, Conocardium regulare, Conocardium renardi, Conocardium retusum, Conocardium richmondense, Conocardium rouxi, Conocardium securiforme, Conocardium sowerbyi, Conocardium spinalatum, Conocardium superstes, Conocardium tripartitum, Conocardium truncata, Conocardium uralicum, Conocardium ventriculosum, Conocardium villmarense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia

Distribution: found only at Wollongong Point, Illawarra (USNM coll)

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