Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Alternative combinations: Aviculopecten occidaneus, Leptochondria occidaneus
Synonyms: Aviculopecten parvulus Hall and Whitfield 1877, Aviculopecten superstrictus White 1879, Aviculopecten weberensis Hall and Whitfield 1877, Monotis parksi Girty 1927
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197
Belongs to Leptochondria according to R. Hofmann and M. Hautmann 2013
See also Girty 1927, Hofmann et al. 2013, Meek 1877 and Newell and Boyd 1995
Sister taxa: Leptochondria aeolicus, Leptochondria albertii, Leptochondria asiatica, Leptochondria bittneri, Leptochondria curtocardinalis, Leptochondria dagestanica, Leptochondria fenghaiensis, Leptochondria hataii, Leptochondria illyrica, Leptochondria intermedia, Leptochondria jiaheensis, Leptochondria lichuanensis, Leptochondria minima, Leptochondria nuetzeli, Leptochondria pervulgata, Leptochondria prosoclinus, Leptochondria pyriformis, Leptochondria separata, Leptochondria shoshonensis, Leptochondria simensis, Leptochondria viezzenensis, Leptochondria virgalensis, Leptochondria xijinwulanensis, Leptochondria zhenjiangensis, Orientopecten gujoensis, Pecten (Leptochondria) aeolicus
Type specimens:
- Leptochondria occidanea: Its type locality is Weber Canyon, upper Coal-Measures limestone, Wasatch Range, which is in an Olenekian offshore shale in the Thaynes Formation of Utah
- Aviculopecten parvulus:
- Aviculopecten superstrictus:
- Aviculopecten weberensis:
- Monotis parksi:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6 collections), Tunisia (1), United States (49: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
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