†Paraschizodus rothi Newell and Boyd 1975 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1975. Parallel evolution in early trigonacean bivalves. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154(2):55-162
Belongs to Paraschizodus according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1975
Sister taxon: Paraschizodus elongatus
Type specimen: AMNH 27503/1:2, a valve (Left valve). Its type locality is Section 63, Block E2, Briscoe County, which is in a Changhsingian peritidal dolomite in the Quartermaster Formation of Texas.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Section 63, Block E2, Briscoe County
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