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Conocardium richmondense

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium richmondense was named by Foerste (1910). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elkhorn Creek, 3 mi south of Richmond, which is in a Richmondian marine limestone in the Elkhorn Formation of Indiana.

It was corrected as Conocardium richmondensis by Pojeta (1971); it was recombined as Hippocardia richmondensis by Pojeta and Runnegar (1976), Hoare (1989); it was recombined as Iapetocardia richmondensis by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Conocardium richmondense Foerste p. 71 figs. pl. 2 f. 21a-b
1914Conocardium richmondense Foerste p. 317
1924Conocardium richmondense Foerste p. 201
1971Conocardium richmondensis Pojeta
1976Hippocardia richmondensis Pojeta and Runnegar p. 76 figs. pl. 50 f. 6-10
1989Hippocardia richmondensis Hoare p. 845
2023Iapetocardia richmondensis Wagner p. S2313

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyConocardioideaMiller 1889
familyConocardiidae
genusConocardium
speciesrichmondense

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Conocardium richmondense Foerste 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: semi-infaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-03-19 04:13:00
Modified: 2008-03-19 06:13:00
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Conocardium richmondense (type locality: 101552 173275)