Pteronites magnus Biakov 2013 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Full reference: A. S. Biakov. 2013. New Permian Pteronites (Bivalvia, Pinnidae) from the Lower Permian of the Omolon Massif, northeastern Asia. Paleontological Journal 47:363-365

Belongs to Pteronites according to A. S. Biakov 2019

See also Biakov 2013

Sister taxa: Pteronites timanicus, Pteronites zhongshengongensis

Type specimen: KGU 39/14639, a shell. Its type locality is Ledyanaya river, left bank of the Bolshaya Avlondya river (KGU coll), which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Nam Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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