Posidonioceramus merewetheri Walaszczyk and Cobban 2016 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Full reference: I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban. 2016. Inoceramid bivalves and biostratigraphy of the upper Albian and lower Cenomanian of the United States Western Interior Basin. Cretaceous Research 59:30-68

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

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

Type specimen: USNM 544387. Its type locality is D10892. Station 191. Low Benton, Crow Indian Reservation, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in the Thermopolis Formation of Montana.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at D10892. Station 191. Low Benton, Crow Indian Reservation

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.