Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative combinations: Grammatodon politus, Parallelodon politus
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) according to T. E. Yancey 1978
See also Chronic 1952 and Girty 1908
Sister taxa: Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) keyserlingii, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) marshallensis, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) mediodepressum, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) obsoletiformis, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) suzukii
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (5 collections), United States (16: Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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