Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Alternative combinations: Bransonia prattenanum, Conocardium prattenanum, Conocardium prattenianum, Oxyprora prattenanum
Full reference: J. Hall. 1856. Description of new species of fossils from the Carboniferous limestones of Indiana and Illinois. Transactions of the Albany Institute 4:1-36
Belongs to Hoarepora according to A. V. Mazaev 2023
See also Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Hoare 1990, Hoare 2006, Raasch 1958 and Whitfield 1882
Sister taxa: Hoarepora capitanensis, Hoarepora missouriensis, Hoarepora parrishi, Hoarepora tschernyschewi, Hoarepora uralica, Oxyprora mesialis, Oxyprora carinatum, Oxyprora equilaterale, Oxyprora halmerjus, Oxyprora oklahomaense, Oxyprora sayrei, Oxyprora digitatum
Type specimen: AMNH F1 39214, a shell. Its type locality is Bank of Mississippi river, near Alton, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Illinois.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: Illinois)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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