Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Alternative spelling: Amphidonte (Ceratostreon)
Parent taxon: Exogyrinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Aberhan 2010, Bouchet et al. 2010, Lazo 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Amphidonteini, Costagyra, Exogyra, Exogyrini, Fluctogyra, Ilymatogyra, Nanogyra, Nanogyrini, Nutogyra, Planospirites, Rhynchostreon, Vultogryphaea
Subtaxa: Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) boussingaulti Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) pliciferum Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) reticulata Amphidonte (Ceratostreon) sigmoidea Ceratostreon flabellatum Ceratostreon minos Ceratostreon tuberculiferum
Type: Ostrea matheroniana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2 collections), Algeria (11), Angola (2), Argentina (9), Austria (2), Belgium (2), Brazil (7), Bulgaria (1), Chile (10), the Czech Republic (4), Ecuador (3), Egypt (65), Ethiopia (2), France (10), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (5), Italy (2), Japan (5), Jordan (2), Libya (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (2), the Netherlands (1), Oman (1), Peru (5), Poland (2), Portugal (32), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (14), Switzerland (5), Tunisia (6), Turkmenistan (3), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: New Mexico), Venezuela (1), Yemen (4)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (1)
Total: 238 collections including 246 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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