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Conocardiidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Rostroconchia : Conocardiida : Conocardiidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 441 - 433 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rostroconchia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Conocardiida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. A. Miller. 1889. North American geology and palaeontology for the use of amateurs, students and scientists |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aphelakardia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Arceodomus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 269 Ma Permian | |
Leptoconocardium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Minycardita ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Pseudomulceodens ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 354 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1889 | Conocardiidae Miller |
1916 | Conocardiidae Raymond |
1934 | Conocardiidae Isberg |
1965 | Conocardiidae Newell p. 17 |
1976 | Conocardiidae Pojeta and Runnegar |
2009 | Conocardiidae Nevesskaja |
2010 | Conocardiidae Bouchet et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!