Parallelodon laochangensis Feng et al. 1992 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Full reference: Q. L. Feng, X. S. Cui, and B. P. Liu. 1992. Discovery of Late Permian bivalve fauna from Laochang of Lancang, west Yunnan and its biogeographic characteristics. Earth Science - China University of Geosciences 17:512-520

Belongs to Parallelodon according to Q. L. Feng et al. 1992

Sister taxa: Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea), Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon apenninicus, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon bittneri, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon carsulanus, Parallelodon chemungensis, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon desioi, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon elongatum, Parallelodon groeberi, Parallelodon guizhouensis, Parallelodon hettangiensis, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon jiaozishanensis, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon maxiai, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon monobensis, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon qinghaiensis, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon riccardii, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon sangamonensis, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon sulcatus, Parallelodon tectum, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trapezium, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon curionii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Laochang, Lancang, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Laochang Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Laochang, Lancang

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