Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
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 Claraia according to R. Hofmann et al. 2013
See also Ciriacks 1963 and Newell and Kummel 1942
Sister taxa: Claraia (Pteroclaraia), Claraia amygdaliformis, Claraia anulata, Claraia aurita, Claraia bioni, Claraia bittneri, Claraia chakkapaki, Claraia clarai, Claraia concentrica, Claraia dieneri, Claraia extrema, Claraia fenghaiensis, Claraia fukianensis, Claraia griesbachi, Claraia guangyuanensis, Claraia guizhouensis, Claraia hunanica, Claraia intermedia, Claraia jiangyouensis, Claraia liuqiaoensis, Claraia longyanensis, Claraia ovalis, Claraia pamirensis, Claraia perthensis, Claraia posidoniformis, Claraia pulchella, Claraia punjabiensis, Claraia radialis, Claraia shabaonica, Claraia stachei, Claraia stavropolica, Claraia subwangi, Claraia vozini, Claraia wangi, Claraia zhongzaiensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) extrema, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) intermediaeformis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) kilenensis, Pseudomonotis (Claraia) subaurita, Peribositra baoqingensis, Pseudoclaraia aurantiformis
Type specimen: University of Wisconsin, No. 21357. Its type locality is Gros Ventre Canyon, Claraia Zone, Teton County, which is in a Griesbachian marine horizon in the Dinwoody Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (5: Montana, Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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