''Conocardium'' is an extinct genus of
Rostroconchia
The Rostroconchia is a class of extinct molluscs dating from the early Cambrian to the Late Permian. They were initially thought to be bivalves, but were later given their own class. They have a single shell in their larval stage, and the adult ...
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mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
. Its shell-mouth grew to be across. It fed on tiny plants and animals in the water. Fossils have been found all over the world from
Ordovician
The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geology), Era, and the second of twelve periods of the Phanerozoic Eon (geology), Eon. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years f ...
to
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the s ...
formations.
[''Conocardium'']
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Species
The following species have been described:
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* ''C. acadianum''
* ''C. aliforme'' (]type
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* ''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
Further reading
* 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
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
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