Glycymerita major Stanton 1896

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Alternative combinations: Glycimeris veatchi major, Glycimeris veatchii major, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major, Glycymeris major, Glycymeris veatchii major, Pectunculus veatchi major

Synonyms: Glycimeris maccrayi Waring 1917, Glycymeris (Tucetona) maccrayi Waring 1917, Glycymeris maccrayi Waring 1917

Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1896. The Faunal Relations of the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous on the Pacific Coast. Seventeenth Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1895-1896: Part 1. Director's Report and Other Papers 1011-1059

Belongs to Glycymerita according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Clark and Woodford 1927, Coan et al. 2000, Dickerson 1914, Keen and Bentson 1944, Moore 1983, Squires 2010, Stanton 1896 and Waring 1917

Sister taxa: Glycymeris (Glycymerita) anae, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) apletos, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) ibariformis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) magna, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) reefensis, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) sagittata, Glycymeris (Glycymerita) tecolotensis, Glycymerita (Glycymerita), Glycymerita aleuta, Glycymerita banosensis, Glycymerita concava, Glycymerita gigantica, Glycymerita robusta, Glycymerita sagittata, Glycymerita veatchii

Subtaxa: Glycymeris (Glycymerita) major meganosensis

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Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (12: California, Oregon collections)

• Paleocene of Mexico (1), United States (18: California)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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