Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Alternative spelling: Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus)
Parent taxon: Inoceramidae according to W. P. Elder and S. E. Box 1992
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Kennedy et al. 1973, Scott et al. 1986, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Anopaeinae, Arcticeramus, Arctomytiloides, Birostrina, Cataceramus, Cladoceramus, Coloniceraminae, Cremnoceramus, Gnesioceramus, Heroceramus, Inaequiceramus, Inoceraminae, Inoceramus, Inoceramya, Kymatoceramus, Lenella, Magadiceramus, Mytiloides, Neocomiceramus, Parainoceramya, Platyceramus, Posidonioceramus, Pseudomytiloides, Retroceramus, Sachalinoceraminae, Sergipia, Silberlingia, Sphaeroceramus, Spyridoceramus, Tenuipteria, Tethyoceramus, Trochoceramus, Turkmenia, Volviceramus, Haenleinia, Coloniceramus
Subtaxa: Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) lundbreckensis Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) pachti Sphenoceramus elegans Sphenoceramus gilli Sphenoceramus naumanni Sphenoceramus orientalis Sphenoceramus sachalinensis
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1), Canada (11: Alberta, British Columbia), Denmark (6), Germany (2), Greenland (2), India (2), Japan (41), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), South Africa (3), United States (23: Alaska, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 98 collections including 117 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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