Temporal range: Late Ordovician-Late Permian ~449.5–252.3 Ma
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Conocardium konincki
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
†Rostroconchia
Order:
†Conocardiida
Family:
†Conocardiidae
Genus:
†Conocardium Bronn 1835
Type species
Cardium aliforme
J. de C. Sowerby 1827[1]
Conocardium is an extinct genus of Rostroconchian mollusk. Its shell-mouth grew to be 2–3 inches (51–76 mm) across. It fed on tiny plants and animals in the water. Fossils have been found all over the world from Ordovician to Permian formations.[2]
^Michael R. W. Amler & Nicole S. Rogalla (2004). "History and nomenclature of the Conocardioidea (Mollusca: Rostroconchia)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 78 (2): 307–322. doi:10.1007/BF03009228.
Conocardium is an extinct genus of Rostroconchian mollusk. Its shell-mouth grew to be 2–3 inches (51–76 mm) across. It fed on tiny plants and animals...
dating back to the Carboniferous period. Aviculopecten A. arkansanus Conocardium Myalina Pleurophorus Posidonia Sphenotus Antiquatonia A. morrowensis...
A pinnid bivalve. Bivalvia indet. Indeterminate Monyash. A bivalve. Conocardium C. sp. Monyash. A rostroconch. Girtypecten G. stellaris Monyash. A bivalve...
layers covered the dorsal region resulting in a very rigid shell. In Conocardium, a more advanced rostroconch, the outer shell layers do not cross the...
Binomial name Hindsiclava henekeni (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) Synonyms † Conocardium abruptum Barrande, 1881 † Crassispira (Crassispira) henekeni (G. B. Sowerby...
eurekensis A. keoughensis A. morrowensis A. multilineatus A. pitkinensis Conocardium C. peculiare Cypricardella (See unidentified section) Edmondia E. crassa...
†Condrathyris †Condrathyris perplexa †Conocardium †Conocardium formosum – type locality for species †Conocardium spinalatum – type locality for species...
form †Composita bellula – or unidentified related form †Conchidium †Conocardium †Cordylodus – tentative report †Crania †Craticula – report made of unidentified...
laqueatum †Conchidium littoni – or unidentified comparable form †Conocardium †Conocardium richmondense – type locality for species †Constellaria †Constellaria...