Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Belongs to Parallelodon according to M. Aberhan 1998
Sister taxa: Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea), Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon apenninicus, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon bittneri, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon carsulanus, Parallelodon chemungensis, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon desioi, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon elongatum, Parallelodon guizhouensis, Parallelodon hettangiensis, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon jiaozishanensis, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon laochangensis, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon maxiai, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon monobensis, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon qinghaiensis, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon riccardii, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon sangamonensis, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon sulcatus, Parallelodon tectum, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trapezium, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon curionii
Type specimen: Its type locality is D15-Cerro Roth South, Bed 100, South Neuquen, which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone in the Piedra Pintada Formation of Argentina
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (14 collections), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (18)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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