Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Alternative combination: Monotis hawni
Belongs to Pseudomonotis according to N. D. Newell 1938
See also Clifton 1942
Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis), Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha), Pseudomonotis aueri, Pseudomonotis aurisculpta, Pseudomonotis austriaca, Pseudomonotis beedei, Pseudomonotis boreas, Pseudomonotis caucasica, Pseudomonotis circularis, Pseudomonotis dubiosa, Pseudomonotis equistriata, Pseudomonotis excentrostriata, Pseudomonotis fredoniensis, Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus, Pseudomonotis gigantea, Pseudomonotis immanis, Pseudomonotis kumpani, Pseudomonotis leiyangensis, Pseudomonotis leptopleura, Pseudomonotis loczyi, Pseudomonotis millhorni, Pseudomonotis mongoliensis, Pseudomonotis nigricans, Pseudomonotis ochotica, Pseudomonotis praecursor, Pseudomonotis qinglongensis, Pseudomonotis robusta, Pseudomonotis sayrei, Pseudomonotis spinosa, Pseudomonotis subangulata, Pseudomonotis sublaevis, Pseudomonotis tibeticus, Pseudomonotis toulai, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) waageni, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) matthewi, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) indica, Aviculomonotis kazanensis, Pachypteria nobilissima, Pachypteria obliqua
Type specimen: Its type locality is Smoky Hill Fork, Kansas River, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in the Herington Formation of Kansas
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (9: Kansas, Texas collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (8: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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