Pseudomonotis gigantea Waagen 1881 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328

Belongs to Pseudomonotis according to W. Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis), Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha), Pseudomonotis aueri, Pseudomonotis aurisculpta, Pseudomonotis austriaca, Pseudomonotis beedei, Pseudomonotis boreas, Pseudomonotis caucasica, Pseudomonotis circularis, Pseudomonotis dubiosa, Pseudomonotis equistriata, Pseudomonotis excentrostriata, Pseudomonotis fredoniensis, Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus, 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 obliqua, Pachypteria nobilissima, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) indica, Aviculomonotis kazanensis, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) matthewi, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) waageni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rotta Roh, green compact limestone, Middle Productus-limestone, Khisor Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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