Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1961. New genera and subgenera of Mesozoic Bivalvia. Palaeontology 4(4):592-598
Parent taxon: Aviculopectinidae according to L. R. Cox 1961
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphijanira, Antijanirini, Aviculopecten, Aviculopectininae, Chaenocardiinae, Clavicosta, Echiniferipectininae, Euchondriinae, Eumorphotis, Globodiscini, Hayasakapectininae, Imoella, Neopecten, Paradoxipecten, Primahinnites, Qinghaipecten, Spyridopectininae, Undopectininae
Subtaxa: Ornithopecten beneckei Ornithopecten bosniae Ornithopecten elegantulus Ornithopecten esinensis Ornithopecten interruptus Ornithopecten katzeri Ornithopecten magnauritus Ornithopecten temirbabensis Ornithopecten triadicus Ornithopecten wissmanni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (5 collections), China (2), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (2), Romania (1), Slovakia (1)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 16 collections including 21 occurrences
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