Aviculopecten
Temporal range: Early Devonian – Late Triassic
A. subcardiformis from the Logan Formation (Lower Carboniferous) of Wooster, Ohio (external mold)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pectinida
Family: †Aviculopectinidae
Genus: †Aviculopecten
M'Coy, 1851
Type species
Aviculopecten planoradiatus
Species

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Aviculopecten is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusc that lived from the Early Devonian to the Late Triassic in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.[1]

A fine fossil of the species A. subcardiformis has been found in the 345 million year old Logan Formation of Wooster, Ohio. It is an external mould and the impression left by the valve is so clear that the fine ridges and even the growth lines are visible.[2]

Species

The following species of Aviculopecten have been described:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Aviculopecten at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A sweet local scallop (Lower Carboniferous of Wooster) Wooster geologists. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

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