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Conocardium spinalatum

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae

Taxonomy
Conocardium spinalatum was named by Rowley (1900). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Burlington Limestone, White Chert Beds, which is in a Tournaisian deep subtidal limestone/chert in the Burlington Formation of Missouri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. beushauseni, C. chesterensis, C. naviforme, C. tenue

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Conocardium spinalatum Rowley pp. 267 - 268 figs. pl. 5 f. 54-56
1958Conocardium spinalatum Branson pp. 138 - 140 figs. 1-6
2023Conocardium spinalatum Wagner p. S6353

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

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 spinalatum Rowley 1900
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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: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Missouri) Conocardium spinalatum (type locality: 65693)