Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Alternative combination: Liopteria dutoiti
Full reference: H. J. Harrington. 1955. The Permian Eurydesma fauna of eastern Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 29(1):112-128
Belongs to Leptodesma (Leiopteria) according to J. P. Neves et al. 2014
See also Harrington 1955, Pagani 2000 and Sahni and Dutt 1959
Sister taxa: Leiopteria angusticoncha, Leiopteria australis, Leiopteria carrandibbiensis, Leiopteria consimilis, Leiopteria elegans, Leiopteria inflata, Leiopteria opportuna, Leiopteria rafinesquii, Leiopteria verrucosa, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) aviculaeformis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) bonaerensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) buhaheensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) falcata, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) guizhouensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) zhangi
Type specimen: CPBA 5783. Its type locality is Southeastern flank of Cerro Nortero, lower Bonete Fm, Sierra de las Tunas, which is in a Sakmarian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone/quartzite in the Bonete Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (1), India (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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