Conocardium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of molluscs}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Late Ordovician-Late Permian<br />~{{fossil range|449.5|252.3}} | image = Conocardiumkonincki.jpg | image_caption = ''Conocardium konincki'' | taxon = Conocardium | authority = Bronn 1835 | type_species = '''''Cardium aliforme''''' | type_species_authority = J. de C. Sowerby 1827<ref>{{cite journal | author=Michael R. W. Amler & Nicole S. Rogalla |year=2004 |title=History and nomenclature of the Conocardioidea (Mollusca: Rostroconchia) |journal=Paläontologische Zeitschrift |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=307–322 |doi=10.1007/BF03009228}}</ref> }}

'''''Conocardium''''' is an extinct genus of Rostroconchian mollusk. Its shell-mouth grew to be {{convert|2|-|3|in}} across. It fed on tiny plants and animals in the water. Fossils have been found all over the world from Ordovician to Permian formations.<ref name=FWConocardium>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8154 ''Conocardium''] at Fossilworks.org</ref>

== Species == The following species have been described:<ref name=FWConocardium/> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * ''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'' {{div col end}}

== References == {{Portal|Paleontology}} {{Reflist}}

== 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

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