Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Tindariidae

Full reference: W. J. Foster, S. Danise, and R. J. Twitchett. 2017. A silicified Early Triassic marine assemblage from Svalbard. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15:851-877

Belongs to Austrotindaria according to W. J. Foster et al. 2019

See also Foster et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Austrotindaria antiqua, Austrotindaria benthicola, Austrotindaria gibbsii, Austrotindaria wrighti, Pseudotindaria flemingi, Pseudotindaria erebus, Pseudotindaria delli

Type specimen: NHMUK PI MB 1223. Its type locality is LD-04, Lusitaniadalen, which is in a Griesbachian marine siltstone in the Vikinghøgda Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (14 collections), Greenland (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (20: Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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