†Palaeanodonta fuyuanensis Guo 1985 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Palaeomutelidae
Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319
Belongs to Palaeanodonta according to F. X. Guo 1985
Sister taxa: Palaeanodonta dubia, Palaeanodonta fischeri, Palaeanodonta pseudolongissima, Palaeanodonta yunnanensis
Type specimen: IVy 0125, a shell (Articulated steinkern). Its type locality is Laochang, Yujia, Xuanwei Fm, Fuyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Xuanwei Formation of China.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Laochang, Yujia, Xuanwei Fm, Fuyuan County
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