Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Full reference: B. S. Kues. 1997. New bivalve taxa from the Tucumcari Formation (Cretaceous, Albian), New Mexico, and the biostratigraphic significance of the basal Tucumcari fauna. Journal of Paleontology 71(5):820-839
Belongs to Gyrostrea according to B. S. Kues 1997
Sister taxa: Gyrostrea (Vatonnei), Gyrostrea antwani, Gyrostrea anubis, Gyrostrea besairiei, Gyrostrea delettrei, Gyrostrea lingua, Gyrostrea turkestanensis
Type specimen: UNM 12,509. Its type locality is San Jon (Basal Tucumcari Formation), which is in an Albian shoreface shale/sandstone in the Tucumcari Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at San Jon (Basal Tucumcari Formation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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