Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Synonyms: Placunopsis carbonaria Meek and Worthen 1866, Pseudomonotis carbonaria Meek and Worthen 1866, Pseudomonotis kansasensis Beede 1900, Pseudomonotis tenuistriata Beede 1899
Belongs to Pseudomonotis according to B. S. Kues 1995
See also Girty 1915, Liang 1980, Meek and Worthen 1873 and Newell 1938
Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis), Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha), Pseudomonotis aueri, Pseudomonotis aurisculpta, Pseudomonotis austriaca, Pseudomonotis beedei, Pseudomonotis boreas, Pseudomonotis caucasica, Pseudomonotis circularis, Pseudomonotis dubiosa, Pseudomonotis excentrostriata, Pseudomonotis fredoniensis, Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus, Pseudomonotis gigantea, Pseudomonotis hawni, Pseudomonotis immanis, Pseudomonotis kumpani, Pseudomonotis leiyangensis, Pseudomonotis leptopleura, Pseudomonotis loczyi, Pseudomonotis millhorni, Pseudomonotis mongoliensis, Pseudomonotis nigricans, Pseudomonotis ochotica, Pseudomonotis praecursor, Pseudomonotis qinglongensis, Pseudomonotis robusta, Pseudomonotis sayrei, Pseudomonotis spinosa, Pseudomonotis subangulata, Pseudomonotis sublaevis, Pseudomonotis tibeticus, Pseudomonotis toulai, Pachypteria nobilissima, Pachypteria obliqua, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) waageni, Aviculomonotis kazanensis, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) indica, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) matthewi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (2: New Mexico)
• Virgilian of United States (3: Illinois, New Mexico, Ohio)
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Missouri, Utah)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
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