Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Pterotrigoniidae

Full reference: M. R. Cooper. 2015. On the Pterotrigoniidae (Bivalvia, Trigoniida): their biogeography, evolution, classification and relationships. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277(1):11-42

Parent taxon: Scabrotrigoniinae according to M. R. Cooper 2015

Sister taxa: Gabbigonia, Leanzatrigonia, Metacanthotrigonia, Notoscabrotrigonia, Praescabrotrigonia, Tennessiella

Subtaxa: Pterotrigonioides rogersi Pterotrigonioides savagei

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Type: Trigonia rogersi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Knysna, Brenton Formation, Unit II, Western Cape (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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