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Hippocardia ohioense

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium ohioense was named by Meek (1871). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hippocardia ohioense by Hoare (1989), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Conocardium ohioense Meek pp. 65 - 66
1882Conocardium ohioense Whitfield p. 240
1885Conocardium ohioense Hall p. 411 figs. pl. 68 f. 2-3
1893Conocardium ohioense Whitfield p. 437
1961Conocardium ohioense Fagerstrom p. 36 figs. pl. 12 f. 4-6
1989Hippocardia ohioense Hoare pp. 844-845 figs. f. 5.12-5.13
2023Hippocardia ohioense Wagner p. 2495

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyHippocardiidae
genusHippocardia
speciesohioense()

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.

Hippocardia ohioense Meek 1871
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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: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Givetian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Conocardium ohioense (129948)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Conocardium ohioense (3845 3846)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Hippocardia ohioense (154695)