Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Belongs to Palaeocardita according to S. E. Damborenea 2012
See also Damborenea and Manceñido 2012 and Tamura 1994
Sister taxa: Palaeocardita austriaca, Palaeocardita buruca, Palaeocardita carinata, Palaeocardita glaukos, Palaeocardita iranica, Palaeocardita quadrata, Palaeocardita silberlingi, Palaeocardita singularis, Palaeocardita stoecklini, Palaeocardita trapezoidalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lake Churcacocha, SE of Hacienda Huanca, Cerro de Pasco, which is in a Norian shallow subtidal limestone in Peru
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (3 collections), Chile (2), Mexico (3), Peru (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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