Bivalvia - Pectinida - Monotidae
Synonym: Pleuromysidia
Parent taxon: Monotidae according to C. A. McRoberts 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Marwick 1953, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eomonotis, Lupherella, Monotinae, Monotis, Otapiriinae, Praeotapiria
Subtaxa: Otapiria annulata Otapiria dissimilis Otapiria dubia Otapiria korkodonensis Otapiria marshalli Otapiria masoni Otapiria neuquensis Otapiria norica Otapiria originalis Otapiria pacifica Pleuromysidia dubia
Type: Pseudomonotis marshalli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (7), Chile (6), China (3), New Zealand (15), the Russian Federation (7)
• Triassic of Argentina (4), Austria (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Japan (4), New Zealand (2), the Russian Federation (15)
Total: 67 collections including 85 occurrences
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