Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae
Alternative combination: Conocardium robustum
Full reference: H. O. Fletcher. 1943. The genus Conocardium from Australian Palaeozoic rocks. Records of the Australian Museum 21(4):231-243
Belongs to Bransonia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Fletcher 1943, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976, Waterhouse 1980 and Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Bransonia australe, Bransonia projecta, Bransonia truncata, Bransonia wilsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rylstone, which is in a Roadian coastal mudstone in the Snapper Point Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (6 collections), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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