Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1938. Late Paleozoic pelecypods: Pectinacea. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas 10(1):1-123
Parent taxon: Etheripectinidae according to N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd 1995
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Etheripecten, Etheripectinini, Fletcheripecten, Neptunopecten
Subtaxa: Girtypecten (Sinopecten) Girtypecten beipeiensis Girtypecten fimbriata Girtypecten fimbriatus Girtypecten jiaheensis Girtypecten ovalis Girtypecten sublaqueatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (14), Italy (2), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (62: Idaho, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (3), China (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 94 collections including 96 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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