Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Alternative combination: Myalina spathi
Full reference: N. D. Newell and B. Kummel. 1942. Lower Eo-Triassic stratigraphy, Western Wyoming and Southeast Idaho. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 53:937-996
Belongs to Promyalina according to R. Hofmann et al. 2013
See also Ciriacks 1963
Sister taxa: Promyalina diana, Promyalina groenlandica, Promyalina hindi, Promyalina hunanensis, Promyalina intermedia, Promyalina kobjumensis, Promyalina kochi, Promyalina pavligae, Promyalina putiatinensis, Promyalina schamarae
Type specimen: AMNH 28349. Its type locality is Melrose, Claraia zone, Beaverhead County, which is in a Griesbachian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Dinwoody Formation of Montana.
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (15: Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming collections)
• Permian to Triassic of China (2)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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