Cardiarina Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Cardiarinidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. New Pennsylvanian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):521-530

Parent taxon: Cardiarinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Cardiarina cordata

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Type: Cardiarina cordata

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM 518q, Grapevine Canyon, Sacramento Mountains (Carboniferous of New Mexico)

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