Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Full reference: M. Hautmann. 2001. Die Muschelfauna der Nayband-Formation (Obertrias, Nor - Rhät) des östlichen Zentraliran. Beringeria 29:3-181
Belongs to Palaeocardita according to Hautmann 2001
Sister taxa: Palaeocardita austriaca, Palaeocardita buruca, Palaeocardita carinata, Palaeocardita glaukos, Palaeocardita peruviana, Palaeocardita quadrata, Palaeocardita silberlingi, Palaeocardita singularis, Palaeocardita stoecklini, Palaeocardita trapezoidalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Profil Nayband, Howz-e-Khan-Member, NAY 1905,7m, which is in a Rhaetian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Nayband Formation of Iran
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Iran (17 collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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