Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combinations: Hemientolium daytonensis, Posidonomya daytonensis
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35
Belongs to Posidonia according to J. P. Smith 1927
See also Gabb 1864 and Hyatt 1892
Sister taxa: Posidonia affinis, Posidonia becheri, Posidonia bittneri, Posidonia blatchleyi, Posidonia christophori, Posidonia dianensis, Posidonia ekiatapensis, Posidonia elegans, Posidonia gemmellaroi, Posidonia germari, Posidonia gibbosa, Posidonia girtyi, Posidonia idriana, Posidonia jacksoni, Posidonia lineolata, Posidonia madisonensis, Posidonia minuta, Posidonia multicostata, Posidonia nodosocostata, Posidonia obliqua, Posidonia obsoletestriata, Posidonia olenekensis, Posidonia ovalis, Posidonia pannonica, Posidonia praealpina, Posidonia semiundata, Posidonia somaliensis, Posidonia stella, Posidonia subtilis, Posidonia triangularis, Posidonia wengensis, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya fragosa, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya fasciata
Type specimen: Its type locality is El Dorado Canyon, near Dayton, which is in a Sevatian marine shale in Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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