Iapetocardia richmondensis Foerste 1910

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

Alternative combinations: Conocardium richmondensis, Hippocardia richmondensis

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1910. Preliminary notes on Cincinnatian and Lexington fossils of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 16(1):17-100

Belongs to Iapetocardia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Elkhorn Creek, 3 mi south of Richmond, which is in a Richmondian marine limestone in the Elkhorn Formation of Indiana

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Iapetocardia richmondensis in the database

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