Megadesmus robusta Laseron 1910

Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Megadesmidae

Alternative combination: Cleobis robusta

Full reference: C. F. Laseron. 1910. Palaeontology of the lower Shoalhaven River. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 44:190-225

Belongs to Megadesmus according to J. B. Waterhouse 1969

See also Laseron 1910

Sister taxa: Megadesmus (Megadesmus), Megadesmus borealis, Megadesmus deflatus, Megadesmus dembskajae, Megadesmus globlosus, Megadesmus globosus, Megadesmus gryphoides, Megadesmus nobilissimus, Megadesmus ovalis, Megadesmus pristinus, Megadesmus trigonalis, Megadesmus (Cleobis) recta, Megadesmus (Cleobis) grandis

Type specimen: AM F.20167. Its type locality is Burrier, which is in a Roadian offshore siliciclastic in the Wandrawandian Formation of Australia.

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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