Cosmetodon Branson 1942

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Alternative spelling: Grammatodon (Cosmetodon)

Parent taxon: Parallelodontidae according to F. Stiller 2006

See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Alytodonta, Bapristodia, Cucullaria, Cucullopsis, Grammatodontinae, Kamenevus, Macrodontella, Parallelodontinae, Pleurogrammatodon, Porterius, Spitionella

Subtaxa: Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) keyserlingii Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) marshallensis Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) mediodepressum Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) obsoletiformis Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) suzukii

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Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (51 collections)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (9), Japan (1), Mexico (1), United States (4: North Dakota, South Dakota)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (3), France (1), Germany (6), Greenland (36), India (9), Iran (1), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (6), the United Kingdom (4)

• Triassic of Austria (2), Iran (5)

• Permian of China (5), Italy (2), Japan (2), Malaysia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (16: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah)

Total: 176 collections including 181 occurrences

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