Paleyoldia Lintz 1958 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae

Full reference: J., J.r. Lintz. 1958. The fauna of the Ames and Brush Creek shales of the Conemaugh Formation of western Maryland. Journal of Paleontology 32(1):97-112

Parent taxon: Yoldinae according to J., Jr. Lintz 1958

See also Bradshaw 1999, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Megayoldia, Portlandia

Subtaxa: Paleyoldia angustia Paleyoldia bruta Paleyoldia glabra Paleyoldia levistriata Paleyoldia subscitula

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection), United States (1: Kansas)

• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)

• Carboniferous of Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (84: Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)

• Devonian of New Zealand (2)

Total: 95 collections including 99 occurrences

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