Bivalvia - Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1938. Late Paleozoic pelecypods: Pectinacea. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas 10(1):1-123
Parent taxon: Euchondrioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009 and Newell and Boyd 1995
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Crenipecten Crenipectininae Endocostapecten Euchondria Euchondrioides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic to Jurassic of United States (1: Alaska collection)
• Permian of Australia (2), China (58), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (5), United States (12: Alaska, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (6), Australia (2), China (3), Mexico (8), Spain (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (15: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
Total: 132 collections including 166 occurrences