†Isopristes crassus Nicol and Allen 1953 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Carditida - Cardiniidae
Full reference: D. Nicol and W. T. Allen. 1953. A new pelecypod genus from Upper Triassic strata in Peru. Journal of the Washington State Academy of Sciences 43(11):344-346
Belongs to Isopristes according to D. Nicol and W. T. Allen 1953
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM No. 108691. Its type locality is Atacocha Mine, USGS Loc. 24388, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Chambara Formation of Peru.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Atacocha Mine, USGS Loc. 24388
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