Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative combination: Macrodon obsoletus
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1871. Lists of Carboniferous fossils from West Virginia, with descriptions of new species. West Virginia University Report to the Board of Regents 3:68-73
Belongs to Parallelodon according to R. D. Hoare 1961
See also Beede 1900, Meek 1871, Meek 1875 and Morningstar 1922
Sister taxa: Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea), Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon apenninicus, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon bittneri, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon carsulanus, Parallelodon chemungensis, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon desioi, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon elongatum, Parallelodon groeberi, Parallelodon guizhouensis, Parallelodon hettangiensis, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon jiaozishanensis, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon laochangensis, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon maxiai, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon monobensis, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, Parallelodon qinghaiensis, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon riccardii, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon sangamonensis, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon sulcatus, Parallelodon tectum, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trapezium, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon scaber
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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