Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Alternative combination: Aviculopecten phosphaticus
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 Vnigripecten according to A. S. Biakov 2024
See also Ciriacks 1963, Muromtseva 1981, Muromtseva and Guskov 1984, Newell 1938 and Newell and Boyd 1995
Sister taxon: Vnigripecten subphosphaticus
Type specimen: USNM 1737, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is USGS 988c, Coal Canyon bed 9, which is in a Roadian offshore ramp limestone in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (7 collections), United States (6: Idaho, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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