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, Pterotrigonioides, Tennessiella
Subtaxa: Praescabrotrigonia bartrami Praescabrotrigonia clavigera Praescabrotrigonia crenulata Praescabrotrigonia crenulifera Praescabrotrigonia douvillei Praescabrotrigonia emoryi Praescabrotrigonia emoryioides Praescabrotrigonia hottingeri Praescabrotrigonia larteti
Type: Trigonia emoryi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), United States (26: Delaware, Kansas, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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