Bivalvia - Pectinida - Euchondriidae
Alternative spelling: Aviculopecten (Euchondria)
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1874. Notes on some of the fossils figured in the recently issued fifth volume of the Illinois State Geological Report. American Journal of Science Series 3 7:189-488
Parent taxon: Euchondriidae according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995
See also Amler 1992, Bouchet et al. 2010, Campbell and Engel 1963, Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Crenipecten, Crenipectininae, Endocostapecten, Euchondrioides
Subtaxa: Euchondria aclines Euchondria anshunensis Euchondria bilstonensis Euchondria businovensis Euchondria callytharraensis Euchondria cancellata Euchondria clathratus Euchondria cooperi Euchondria flabelliformis Euchondria fusuiensis Euchondria hunanensis Euchondria intercostatus Euchondria jiaheensis Euchondria jingxianensis Euchondria kesenensis Euchondria laurienti Euchondria levicula Euchondria longtanensis Euchondria losseni Euchondria menardi Euchondria mira Euchondria neglecta Euchondria ohioensis Euchondria paucicostata Euchondria pellucida Euchondria sabattinii Euchondria simplicata Euchondria sinensis Euchondria smithwickensis Euchondria sortita Euchondria subcancellata Euchondria subpusilla Euchondria taxiensis Euchondria vera Euchondria vorcutica Euchondria wagneri Euchondria weanensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (2 collections), China (48), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Pakistan (2), the Russian Federation (5), United States (12: Alaska, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: California)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (6), Australia (2), China (2), Mexico (8), Spain (3), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (14: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Germany (2)
Total: 117 collections including 139 occurrences
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