Keywords
Hoarepora; rostroconch morphology and taphonomy; paleogeography;
Pages
pp. 21 -
30

Several rostroconch specimens of the family Bransoniidae are discovered in the Pennsylvanian of the Russian Platform for the first time. All of them are assigned to the species Hoarepora parrishi (Worthen, 1890), which is the type species of Hoarepora Mapes in Mazaev, 2022. Until now, the distribution of this species has been restricted to the Morrowan – Missourian interval in the North American Midcontinent Basin. All studied specimens come from Moscovian and Gzhelian stages of two localities on the Russian Platform. Both shell morphology and taphonomy of this species are examined in detail. H. parrishi is redescribed, since the previous description lacks many specific characters. It is shown that Conocardium missouriensis Roundy in Girty, 1915 is a junior synonym of C. parrishi Worthen, 1890. The new occurrences significantly expands the geographical range of this species and supports the existence of biogeographical connections between the paleobasins of North America and the Russian Platform in the Pennsylvanian, and also increases the known geochronological range of H. parrishi by approximately two million years.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.35885/ruthenica.2025.35(1).2
Первые находки брансониидных ростроконхов (Bransoniidae, Rostroconchia, Mollusca) в пенсильвании Русской платформы
Мазаев А.В. ;