Pacificaprina (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Caprinidae

Parent taxon: Caprinidae according to W. Kiessling 2003

Sister taxa: Caprina, Caprininae, Caprinuloideinae, Kipia, Lithocalamus, Offneria, Orthoptychus, Pachytraga, Praecaprina, Pseudocaprina, Sabinia, Schiosia, Sphaerucaprina

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at El Madrono (Laguna Colorada), El Abra Formation, central Mexico (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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