Megalodon yanceyi Nakazawa 2002 (clam)

Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae

Full reference: K. Nakazawa. 2002. Permian bivalves from the H. S. Lee Formation, Malaysia. Paleontological Research 6(1):67-72

Belongs to Megalodon according to K. Nakazawa 2002

Sister taxa: Megalodon abbreviatus, Megalodon cassianus, Megalodon hungaricum, Megalodon klipsteinii, Megalodon longjiangensis, Megalodon rostratiforme, Megalodus

Type specimen: HP100025. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, just above alatoconchid zone, Kinta Valley, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H. S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, just above alatoconchid zone, Kinta Valley

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