Phygraea badgeri Squires 2018 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Full reference: R. L. Squires. 2018. Paleocene and Eocene oysters from the West Coast of the United States: Revision of named species and recognition of new species. Contributions in Science 526:1-29

Belongs to Phygraea according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Squires 2018

Sister taxa: Phygraea haleyi, Phygraea lincolnensis, Phygraea newberryi, Phygraea pacifica, Phygraea stewarti, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) burckhardti, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) proteus, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) pseudovesicularis, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) sarmientoi, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Phygraea) wratheri

Type specimen: LACMIP 14731, a shell. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 23724, Upper Sespe Creek, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine sandstone in the Coldwater Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at LACMIP loc. 23724, Upper Sespe Creek

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