Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246
Belongs to Palaeocardita according to C. T. Trechmann 1917
Sister taxa: Palaeocardita austriaca, Palaeocardita buruca, Palaeocardita carinata, Palaeocardita glaukos, Palaeocardita iranica, Palaeocardita peruviana, Palaeocardita silberlingi, Palaeocardita singularis, Palaeocardita stoecklini, Palaeocardita trapezoidalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nugget Point, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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