Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae
Alternative combinations: Conocardium monroense, Conocardium monroica, Conocardium monroicum
Full reference: W. H. Sherzer and A. W. Grabau. 1910. New Upper siluric fauna from southern Michigan. Geological Society of America Bulletin 19:540-553
Belongs to Hippocardia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Branson 1942, Carman 1936, Grabau and Sherzer 1910, Hoare 1989, La Rocque 1950, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 and Sherzer and Grabau 1910
Sister taxa: Hippocardia alborza, Hippocardia angelicum, Hippocardia bellulus, Hippocardia crenata, Hippocardia cumberlandiae, Hippocardia curta, Hippocardia herculea, Hippocardia herricki, Hippocardia hibernica, Hippocardia hydei, Hippocardia hystericum, Hippocardia intersculpta, Hippocardia kermani, Hippocardia konincki, Hippocardia mundulum, Hippocardia niagarense, Hippocardia obesum, Hippocardia ohioense, Hippocardia ornata, Hippocardia pristis, Hippocardia procumbens, Hippocardia pulchellum, Hippocardia reflexa, Hippocardia rhenana, Hippocardia tournaisense, Hippocardia truncata, Hippocardia ventricosum, Pleurorhynchus longipennis, Pleurorhynchus bellulus
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), United States (2: Michigan, Ohio)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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