Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Full reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1965. Permian fossils of the upper Hunza valley. Italian Expeditions to the Karakorum (K2) and Hindu Kush. IV - Paleontology-Zoology-Botany 135-148
Belongs to Parallelodon according to N. Fantini Sestini 1965
Sister taxa: Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea), Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon apenninicus, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon bittneri, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon carsulanus, Parallelodon chemungensis, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon elongatum, Parallelodon groeberi, Parallelodon guizhouensis, Parallelodon hettangiensis, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon jiaozishanensis, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon laochangensis, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon maxiai, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon monobensis, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon qinghaiensis, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon riccardii, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon sangamonensis, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon sulcatus, Parallelodon tectum, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trapezium, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon elongatus
Type specimen: MPUM P1780, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Abgarch Valley 62PG-30, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Lupghar Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Abgarch Valley 62PG-30
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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