Posidonioceramus goodrichensis McLearn 1945 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Alternative combinations: Inoceramus nahwisi goodrichensis, Posidonomya goodrichensis, Posidonomya nahwisi goodrichensis

Belongs to Posidonioceramus according to I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban 2016

Sister taxa: Posidonioceramus athabaskensis, Posidonioceramus dunveganensis, Posidonioceramus merewetheri, Posidonioceramus moberliensis, Posidonioceramus nahwisi

Type specimen: GSC 6344. Its type locality is Hulcross Creek on Pine River, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Goodrich Formation of Canada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (2: Montana)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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