Pycnodonte nigeriensis Adegoke 1977 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

Full reference: O. S. Adegoke. 1977. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Ewekoro Formation (Paleocene) of Southwestern Nigeria. Bulletins of American Paleontology 71(295):1-379

Belongs to Pycnodonte according to O. S. Adegoke 1977

Sister taxa: Gryphaea belli, Pycnodonta frauscheri, Pycnodonta rarilamella, Pycnodonta vesicularis, Pycnodonte (Costeina), Pycnodonte (Crenostrea), Pycnodonte (Gigantostrea), Pycnodonte (Pegma), Pycnodonte (Phygraea), Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte), Pycnodonte amakusensis, Pycnodonte costei, Pycnodonte erici, Pycnodonte ewekoroensis, Pycnodonte gryphovicinus, Pycnodonte heermanni, Pycnodonte loeli, Pycnodonte percrassa, Pycnodonte squarrosa, Pycnodonte trigonalis, Pycnodonte vesicularis

Type specimen: UIMG 477. Its type locality is Ewekoro Quarry, which is in a Selandian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Ewekoro Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry

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