Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Alternative combinations: Conocardium parrishi, Oxyprora parrishi
Full reference: A. H. Worthen. 1890. Description of fossil invertebrates. Illinois Geological Survey 8(2):69-154
Belongs to Hoarepora according to A. V. Mazaev 2023
See also Beede 1900, Hoare et al. 2002, Keyes 1894, Mazaev 2022 and Worthen 1890
Sister taxa: Hoarepora capitanensis, Hoarepora missouriensis, Hoarepora prattenanum, Hoarepora tschernyschewi, Hoarepora uralica, Oxyprora carinatum, Oxyprora equilaterale, Oxyprora oklahomaense, Oxyprora digitatum, Oxyprora halmerjus, Oxyprora sayrei, Oxyprora mesialis
Type specimen: ISGS 13284, a shell. Its type locality is Kansas City, Hertha Limestone, which is in a Missourian marine limestone in the Hertha Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Missouri collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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