Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Alternative combinations: Bransonia carinatum, Conocardium carinatum, Hippocardia carinatum
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 Oxyprora according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Hoare 1990, Hoare 2006 and Whitfield 1882
Sister taxa: Hoarepora capitanensis, Hoarepora missouriensis, Hoarepora parrishi, Hoarepora prattenanum, Hoarepora tschernyschewi, Hoarepora uralica, Oxyprora mesialis, Oxyprora equilaterale, Oxyprora oklahomaense, Oxyprora halmerjus, Oxyprora sayrei, Oxyprora digitatum
Type specimen: AMNH-F1 39210, a shell. Its type locality is Hunter Valley Quarries, 3 miles northwest of Bloomington, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Indiana collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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