Conocardium
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| Conocardium | |
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| File:Conocardiumkonincki.jpg | |
| Conocardium konincki | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | †Rostroconchia |
| Order: | †Conocardiida |
| Family: | †Conocardiidae |
| Genus: | †Conocardium Bronn 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Cardium aliforme J. de C. Sowerby 1827[1]
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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]
Species
[edit | edit source]The following species have been described:[2]
- C. acadianum
- C. aliforme (type)
- C. altum
- C. aquisgranense
- C. armatum
- C. cresswelli
- C. decussatum
- C. denticulatum
- C. elongatum
- C. eximum
- C. ferox
- C. formosum
- C. frater
- C. fusiforme
- C. gogoensis
- C. gympiense
- C. hainense
- C. immatura
- C. incarceratum
- C. inceptum
- C. inflatum
- C. konincki
- C. longipennis
- C. lyelli
- C. nexile
- C. oehlerti
- C. philipsii
- C. plinthinatus
- C. prunum
- C. pseudobellum
- C. regulare
- C. renardi
- C. retusum
- C. richmondense
- C. securiforme
- C. sowerbyi
- C. spinalatum
- C. tripartitum
- C. truncata
- C. truncatum
- C. uralicum
- C. ventriculosum
- C. villmarense
References
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- ^ a b Conocardium at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Dinosaurs to Dodos: An Encyclopedia of Extinct Animals by Don Lessem and Jan Sovak
- Parker, Steve. Dinosaurus: the complete guide to dinosaurs. Firefly Books Inc, 2003. Pg. 40
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Categories:
- Ordovician molluscs
- Silurian molluscs
- Devonian molluscs
- Carboniferous molluscs
- Permian molluscs
- Ordovician first appearances
- Lopingian genus extinctions
- Fossils of Sweden
- Fossils of Poland
- Fossils of India
- Silurian Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Permian Peru
- Fossils of Peru
- Paleozoic life of Alberta
- Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
- Paleozoic life of Nunavut
- Fossil taxa described in 1835
- Taxa named by Heinrich Georg Bronn
- Rostroconchia
- Prehistoric mollusc stubs