Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae
Alternative combinations: Conocardium dipterum, Conocardium dipterus, Hippocardia diptera, Pleurorhynchus diptera
Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1851. List of some of the Silurian fossils of Ayrshire. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 7(2):170-178
Belongs to Bitrigonocardia according to N. S. Rogalla and M. R. W. Amler 2006
See also Barrande 1881, Hind 1910, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 and Salter 1851
Sister taxa: Bitrigonocardia dorsata, Bitrigonocardia elegantula, Bitrigonocardia isbergi, Bitrigonocardia lindstroemi, Bitrigonocardia reticulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chair of Kildare, eastern Ireland, which is in a Hirnantian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/mudstone in the Kildare Limestone Formation of Ireland
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Ireland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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