Cyrtorostra Branson 1930 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Full reference: C. C. Branson. 1930. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Phosphoria Formation. Missouri University Studies 5(2):1-99

Parent taxon: Cyrtorostridae according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Cyrtorostra atavum Cyrtorostra cardiiformis Cyrtorostra caucasica Cyrtorostra fraterna Cyrtorostra jisuensis Cyrtorostra laticostata Cyrtorostra limitans Cyrtorostra lunwalensis Cyrtorostra nana Cyrtorostra obeliscus Cyrtorostra omanensis Cyrtorostra primorica Cyrtorostra subexotica Cyrtorostra trifurcata Cyrtorostra varicostata

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Type: Cyrtorostra varicostata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian to Triassic of India (3 collections)

• Permian of Australia (13), Canada (2: Nunavut), China (4), Greece (1), Greenland (1), India (3), Japan (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Nepal (1), Oman (1), Pakistan (19), the Russian Federation (18), United States (72: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 141 collections including 147 occurrences

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