Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Alternative spelling: Palaeocarditinae
Parent taxon: Cardiidina according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Cardioidei, Veneroidei
Subtaxa: Carditomantea Palaeocardita Pseudopis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Argentina (3), Australia (2), Austria (50), Canada (4: British Columbia), Chile (2), China (5), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Indonesia (13), Iran (25), Italy (18), Japan (1), Laos (1), Mexico (3), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (2), Oman (1), Peru (3), Switzerland (2), Thailand (3), the United Arab Emirates (3), United States (6: Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (1)
Total: 157 collections including 167 occurrences