Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae
Alternative combinations: Hippocardia cooperi, Iapetocardia cooperi
Full reference: J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar. 1976. The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968:1-88
Belongs to Redstonia according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Pojeta and Runnegar 1976 and Rogalla and Amler 2006
Sister taxa: Redstonia buskasi, Redstonia knaeckei, Redstonia tercierae, Redstonia visbyensis
Type specimen: USNM 162786. Its type locality is USGS 0600-CO, near Strasburg, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Chambersburg Formation of Virginia.
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Oklahoma, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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