Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Full reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100
Belongs to Eoastarte according to S. A. Quiroz-Barroso et al. 2012
See also Ciriacks 1963 and Newell and Boyd 1975
Sister taxon: Eoastarte primaeva
Type specimen: AMNH 28337, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Willow Creek, Lander, Fremont County, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (9: Arizona, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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