Redstonia cooperi Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

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

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