Kalentera lawsi Taylor and Guex 2002 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

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 Kalentera according to D. G. Taylor and J. Guex 2002

Sister taxa: Kalentera flemingi, Kalentera marwicki, Kalentera mckayi

Type specimen: NWMNH 25484. Its type locality is Ferguson Hill, section e, bed 28, which is in a Planorbis marine limestone in the Gabbs Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)

• Triassic of United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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