Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Full reference: M. Hautmann, A. B. Smith, A. J. McGowan and H. Bucher. 2013. Bivalves from the Olenekian (Early Triassic) of south-western Utah: systematics and evolutionary significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:263-293
Belongs to Eumorphotis according to R. Hofmann and M. Hautmann 2013
See also Hautmann et al. 2013 and Hofmann et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Eumorphotis amplicostata, Eumorphotis buhaheensis, Eumorphotis gronensis, Eumorphotis hinnitidea, Eumorphotis huancangensis, Eumorphotis inaequicostata, Eumorphotis inaequicostatus, Eumorphotis iwanowi, Eumorphotis lorigae, Eumorphotis multiformis, Eumorphotis nationalis, Eumorphotis praecurrens, Eumorphotis rugosa, Eumorphotis shajingengi, Eumorphotis spicata, Eumorphotis striatocostata, Eumorphotis telleri, Eumorphotis tenuistriata, Eumorphotis venetiana, Eumorphotis virginensis, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) asperata, Pseudomonotis (Eumorphotis) nodulata, Neomorphotis compta, Neomorphotis comta, Neomorphotis gigantea
Type specimen: USNM 543505. Its type locality is Beaver Dam Mountains BM1, Bed 9, which is in a Spathian carbonate siltstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (21: Montana, Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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