Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pojetaconcha beecheri

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium beecheri was named by Raymond (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sloop Island, Lake Champlain, Chazy Group, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Chazy Limestone Formation of Vermont.

It was recombined as Bransonia beecheri by Pojeta and Runnegar (1976); it was recombined as Pojetaconcha beecheri by Waterhouse (1987), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Conocardium beecheri Raymond
1924Conocardium beecheri Foerste p. 201
1938Conocardium beecheri Twenhofel pp. 54 - 55 figs. pl. 5 f. 5
1976Bransonia beecheri Pojeta and Runnegar
1987Pojetaconcha beecheri Waterhouse p. 188
2023Pojetaconcha beecheri Wagner

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classRostroconchia
orderConocardiida()
superfamilyHippocardioideaPojeta and Runnegar 1976
familyBransoniidae
genusPojetaconcha
speciesbeecheri()

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.

Pojetaconcha beecheri Raymond 1905
show all | hide all
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: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Conocardium beecheri (42814 type locality: 101749 171715)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Conocardium beecheri (171716)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Conocardium beecheri (56212 154577 171705 171712 172144 172180 172310 172320)