Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Alternative combinations: Aviculopecten montpelierensis, Streblochondria montpelierensis
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82
Belongs to Streblopteria according to S. A. Quiroz-Barroso et al. 2012
See also Ciriacks 1963, Newell 1938 and Newell and Boyd 1995
Sister taxa: Streblopteria alenae, Streblopteria antinorii, Streblopteria auriculatum, Streblopteria bella, Streblopteria biornata, Streblopteria eichwaldi, Streblopteria elliptica, Streblopteria englehardti, Streblopteria girtyi, Streblopteria hajierensis, Streblopteria homevalensis, Streblopteria kusnezovi, Streblopteria lagunensis, Streblopteria levis, Streblopteria minauris, Streblopteria minuta, Streblopteria mortonii, Streblopteria oklahomensis, Streblopteria pusilla, Streblopteria radiata
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 3511, Cap Rock Mine, Montpelier Canyon, Bear Lake County, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Idaho
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (2 collections), United States (58: Alaska, Idaho, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 60 collections including 61 occurrences
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