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Apotocardium

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Apotocardium Pojeta and Runnegar p. 14
2002Apotocardium Hoare et al.

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

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.

G. †Apotocardium Hoare et al. 2002
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Apotocardium conolatum Branson 1942
Apotocardium cordatum Hoare et al. 1982
Apotocardium lanterna Branson 1965
Apotocardium obliquum Meek and Worthen 1875
Apotocardium peculiare Girty 1910
Apotocardium plautum Hoare et al. 2002
Apotocardium polymitarium Hoare et al. 1982
Apotocardium pomachacanum Chronic 1949
Apotocardium snideri Morgan 1924
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 Meramecian to the top of the Virgilian or 343.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) Conocardium peculiare (67201)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Montana) Conocardium sp. (578)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Montana) Conocardium latifasciatum (5641)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) Pseudoconocardium polymitarium, Pseudoconocardium snideri (5517)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Peru (Junin) Conocardium pomachacanum (41387)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Conocardium snideri (128576) Pseudoconocardium cordatum (79328)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Pseudoconocardium obliquum (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Pseudoconocardium lanterna (79330)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Conocardium obliquum (128580)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) A. lanterna (50767)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Pseudoconocardium lanterna (217891 217895 217908 217958 217979 219193)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) A. lanterna, A. plautum (167865 167868)