Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Full reference: C. S. Petersen. 1946. Estudios Geológicos en la Región del Río Chubut Medio. 1-152
Belongs to Gryphaea according to C. S. Petersen 1946
Sister taxa: Gryphaea (Africogryphaea), Gryphaea (Bilobissa), Gryphaea (Catinula), Gryphaea (Gryphaea), Gryphaea accipiter, Gryphaea arcta, Gryphaea arcuata, Gryphaea arcuataeformis, Gryphaea aucella, Gryphaea avicularis, Gryphaea balli, Gryphaea bilobata, Gryphaea brongniarti, Gryphaea colombiana, Gryphaea costellata, Gryphaea cymbium, Gryphaea distorta, Gryphaea eversa, Gryphaea gigantea, Gryphaea keilhaui, Gryphaea kenkerensis, Gryphaea mccullochi, Gryphaea mutabilis, Gryphaea navia, Gryphaea nevadensis, Gryphaea obliquata, Gryphaea orientalis, Gryphaea pitcherii, Gryphaea planoconvexa, Gryphaea plicata, Gryphaea stomatoidea, Gryphaea wardi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Puesto Ecretton, which is in a Maastrichtian/Danian marine sandstone in the Lefipan Formation of Argentina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Puesto Ecretton
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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