Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae
Full reference: D. I. Johnston and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1983. Some silicified Middle Silurian rostroconchs (Mollusca) from the Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 20:844-858
Parent taxon: Iapetocardiinae according to N. S. Rogalla and M. R. W. Amler 2006
See also Johnston and Chatterton 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Avalanchia, Iapetocardia
Subtaxa: Cassowarioides anisomorpha Cassowarioides perryi Cassowarioides polgari Cassowarioides whitei
Type: Cassowarioides perryi
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (1: New York collection)
• Whitwellian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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