†Eopecten hartzi Rosenkrantz 1957 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Alternative combination: Velata hartzi
Belongs to Eopecten according to M. Aberhan 1998
See also Rosenkrantz 1934
Sister taxa: Eopecten gradus, Eopecten johnsoni, Eopecten studeri, Eopecten tegulatus, Eopecten tuberculatus, Eopecten velatus, Velata inaequistriata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Raeve Kloft, Bed I, which is in a Pliensbachian marine sandstone/shale in the Cape Stewart Beds Formation of Greenland
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (8 collections), Canada (12: Alberta, British Columbia), Greenland (6)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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