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Pojetaconcha praepristis

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium praepristis was named by Reed (1952). Its type specimen is IGS GSM 24147, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hippocardia praepristis by Pojeta and Runnegar (1976), Tunnicliff (1982); it was recombined as Pojetaconcha praepristis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Conocardium praepristis Reed p. 80 figs. pl. 4 f. 11
1976Hippocardia praepristis Pojeta and Runnegar p. 76
1982Hippocardia praepristis Tunnicliff p. 85 figs. pl. 9 f. 8
2023Pojetaconcha praepristis Wagner p. S6349

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

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.

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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 Cautleyan to the top of the Ashgill or 449.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cautleyan - Ashgill449.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Hippocardia praepristis (13841)