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Fraipontia alatum

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Hippocardiidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium alatum was named by de Koninck (1885) [Fraipont in ]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Fraipontia.

It was recombined as Fraipontia alatum by Rogalla and Amler (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Conocardium alatum de Koninck pp. 118 - 119 figs. pl. 19 f. 2-29
1900Conocardium alatum Hind pp. 473 - 474 figs. pl. 53 f. 5-5a, not 3
1958Conocardium alatum Branson p. 137
2006Fraipontia alatum Rogalla and Amler pp. 258 - 259 figs. 8, 10A-L

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

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.

Fraipontia alatum de Koninck 1885
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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: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Conocardium alatum (155580)