Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Full reference: H. Yao, R. Zhang, J. Pojeta, J. Sha, and J. Wang. 2007. Late Triassic megalodontids (Bivalvia) from the headwaters of the Yangtze River, Qinghai Province, West China. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1327-1347
Belongs to Neomegalodon according to H. Yao et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Neomegalodon boeckhi, Neomegalodon hoernesi, Neomegalodon stoppanii, Neomegalodon triqueter, Rossiodus columbella
Type specimen: QMB 352, a shell. Its type locality is Qoima Co, Section B, which is in a Norian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Jiapila Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Qoima Co, Section B
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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