Bivalvia - Ostreida - Flemingostreidae
Parent taxon: Flemingostreinae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Curvostreini
Subtaxa: Ambigostrea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Alabama, New Jersey collections)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (2), Algeria (3), Argentina (18), Brazil (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (1), Egypt (17), India (1), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (1), Peru (5), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Tunisia (3), United States (252: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 313 collections including 335 occurrences