Pseudomonotis tibeticus Chen 1982 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Full reference: C. Z. Chen. 1982. Some late Palaeozoic and Triassic bivalves from Xizang. Series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Paleontology of Xizang 4:221-224

Belongs to Pseudomonotis according to C. Z. Chen 1982

Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis), Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha), Pseudomonotis aueri, Pseudomonotis aurisculpta, Pseudomonotis austriaca, Pseudomonotis beedei, Pseudomonotis boreas, Pseudomonotis caucasica, Pseudomonotis circularis, Pseudomonotis dubiosa, Pseudomonotis equistriata, Pseudomonotis excentrostriata, Pseudomonotis fredoniensis, Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus, Pseudomonotis gigantea, Pseudomonotis hawni, Pseudomonotis immanis, Pseudomonotis kumpani, Pseudomonotis leiyangensis, Pseudomonotis leptopleura, Pseudomonotis loczyi, Pseudomonotis millhorni, Pseudomonotis mongoliensis, Pseudomonotis nigricans, Pseudomonotis ochotica, Pseudomonotis praecursor, Pseudomonotis qinglongensis, Pseudomonotis robusta, Pseudomonotis sayrei, Pseudomonotis spinosa, Pseudomonotis subangulata, Pseudomonotis sublaevis, Pseudomonotis toulai, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) waageni, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) matthewi, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) indica, Aviculomonotis kazanensis, Pachypteria nobilissima, Pachypteria obliqua

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lasaila Mountain 75TFM18, Jiazhuzangbuzhi, Zhongba, which is in a Capitanian marine horizon in the Lasaila Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lasaila Mountain 75TFM18, Jiazhuzangbuzhi, Zhongba

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