Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Full reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100
Belongs to Eumorphotis according to R. Hofmann et al. 2013
See also Ciriacks 1963
Sister taxa: Eumorphotis buhaheensis, Eumorphotis ericius, Eumorphotis gronensis, Eumorphotis hinnitidea, Eumorphotis huancangensis, Eumorphotis inaequicostata, Eumorphotis inaequicostatus, Eumorphotis iwanowi, Eumorphotis lorigae, Eumorphotis multiformis, Eumorphotis nationalis, Eumorphotis praecurrens, Eumorphotis rugosa, Eumorphotis shajingengi, Eumorphotis spicata, Eumorphotis striatocostata, Eumorphotis telleri, Eumorphotis tenuistriata, Eumorphotis venetiana, Eumorphotis virginensis, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) nodulata, Neomorphotis comta, Neomorphotis compta, Neomorphotis gigantea
Type specimen: MCZ 15664. Its type locality is Frying Pan Gulch, Beaverhead County, which is in a Griesbachian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Dinwoody Formation of Montana.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (6: Montana collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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