Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Parent taxon: Megalodontidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampezzania, Conchodon, Cumularia, Eomegalodus, Megalodon, Megalomoidea, Neomegalodon, Paramegalodus, Pomarangina, Protodiceras, Protomegalodon, Quemocuomegalodon, Rhaetomegalodon, Triadomegalodon
Subtaxa: Pachyrisma (Durga) Pachyrisma (Pachymegalodon) Pachyrisma (Pachyrismella) Pachyrisma grande Pachyrisma rimosum Pachyrisma rostratum
Type: Pachyrisma grande
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections), Indonesia (2), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Oman (1), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Bulgaria (1), Hungary (1), Italy (7), Turkey (2)
Total: 24 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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