Lyroschizodus oklahomensis Beede 1907 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Alternative combinations: Schizodus oklahomaensis, Schizodus oklahomensis

Full reference: J. W. Beede. 1907. Invertebrate paleontology of the Upper Permian Red Beds of Oklahoma and the panhandle of Texas. Kansas University Science Bulletin 4:113-1171

Belongs to Lyroschizodus according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1975

See also Beede 1907, Clifton 1942 and Newell 1940

Sister taxa: Lyroschizodus djemelensis, Lyroschizodus orbicularis, Lyroschizodus praecox, Lyroschizodus subelegans, Lyroschizodus tobai

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (24: Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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