Prospondylus shakhtauensis Biakov 2023 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae

Full reference: A. S. Biakov. 2023. Taxonomic names, in The first finds of the most ancient oyster-like bivalves of the genus Prospondylus Zimmermann (Pectinidae, Prospondylidae) in the Lower Permian of the Southern Cis-Urals (Russia). Paleontological Journal 57:278-287

Belongs to Prospondylus according to A. S. Biakov 2023

Sister taxa: Prospondylus acinetus, Prospondylus chintongia, Prospondylus crassus, Prospondylus liebeanus, Prospondylus palliatus, Prospondylus zimmermanni, Pseudomonotis (Prospondylus) squamosa

Type specimen: PIN 5876/9-2, a valve. Its type locality is Shakhtau open pit, sample 9, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Shakhtau Reef Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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