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Schizodus wyomingensis

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae

Taxonomy
Schizodus wyomingensis was named by Newell and Boyd (1975). Its type specimen is AMNH 29180, a valve (Right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH2010, Beaver Creek, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal packstone in the Park City Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Schizodus wyomingensis Newell and Boyd p. 123 figs. 16, 37.3, 61, 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
subclassPalaeoheterodonta()
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familySchizodidae
genusSchizodus
specieswyomingensis

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Schizodus wyomingensis Newell and Boyd 1975
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Diagnosis
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