Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative spelling: Grammatodon (Cosmetodon)
Parent taxon: Parallelodontidae according to F. Stiller 2006
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Alytodonta, Bapristodia, Cucullaria, Cucullopsis, Grammatodontinae, Kamenevus, Macrodontella, Parallelodontinae, Pleurogrammatodon, Porterius, Spitionella
Subtaxa: Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) keyserlingii Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) marshallensis Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) mediodepressum Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) obsoletiformis Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) suzukii
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (51 collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (9), Japan (1), Mexico (1), United States (4: North Dakota, South Dakota)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (3), France (1), Germany (6), Greenland (36), India (9), Iran (1), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (4), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Iran (5)
• Permian of China (5), Italy (2), Japan (2), Malaysia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (16: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah)
Total: 177 collections including 182 occurrences
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