Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Full reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1967. First Upper Triassic and ? Lower Jurassic marine Mollusca from New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 75:39-84
Belongs to Bakevellia (Maizuria) according to S. K. Skwarko 1973
See also Skwarko 1967
Sister taxa: Bakevellia (Maizuria) arctica, Bakevellia (Maizuria) czekanowskii, Bakevellia (Maizuria) gebaliana, Bakevellia (Maizuria) kambei, Bakevellia (Maizuria) ladinica, Bakevellia (Maizuria) lapteviensis, Bakevellia (Maizuria) narawarensis, Bakevellia (Maizuria) nelegerensis, Bakevellia (Maizuria) okuyamensis, Bakevellia (Maizuria) rara, Bakevellia (Maizuria) reticularis, Bakevellia (Maizuria) subarctica, Bakevellia (Maizuria) varians
Type specimen: CPC 5065, a valve (right valve). Its type locality is H157, 3 miles north-east of Gebal, which is in a Carnian marine siliciclastic in the Jimi Formation of Papua New Guinea.
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Papua New Guinea (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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