Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Full reference: D. G. Taylor and J. Guex. 2002. The Triassic/Jurassic System boundary in the John Day Inlier, east-central Oregon. Oregon Geology 64:3-28
Belongs to Agerchlamys according to D. G. Taylor and J. Guex 2002
Sister taxon: Agerchlamys wunschae
Type specimen: NWMNH 25510, a valve. Its type locality is Reno Draw, section d, lower Ferguson Hill Mb, which is in a Hettangian marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (10: Nevada, Oregon collections)
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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