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1 November 2007 LATE TRIASSIC MEGALODONTIDS (BIVALVIA) FROM THE HEADWATERS OF THE YANGTZE RIVER, QINGHAI PROVINCE, WEST CHINA
HUAZHOU YAO, RENJIE ZHANG, JOHN POJETA Jr., JINGGEN SHA, JIANXIONG WANG
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Abstract

A bivalve faunule of six species is described from the Upper Triassic Jiapila Formation at the headwaters of the Yangtze River, southern Qinghai, China. The new species, Neomegalodon cornutus and Quemocuomegalodon circularis, are described. The type species of Quemocuomegalodon, Q. orientus, is revised. Quemocuomegalodon orientus Yao, Sha, and Zhang (2003) is now known from abundant, well-preserved specimens that show great variation in shape, size, thickness of shell, and dentition, and the species Q. longitatus, Yao, Sha, and Zhang (2003) is now placed in synonymy with Q. orientus. There are significant morphologic differences between the external appearance of shelled specimens and the internal molds of species of Quemocuomegalodon. This suggests the need for the re-evaluation of many megalodontid species from elsewhere that are known only from internal molds.

HUAZHOU YAO, RENJIE ZHANG, JOHN POJETA Jr., JINGGEN SHA, and JIANXIONG WANG "LATE TRIASSIC MEGALODONTIDS (BIVALVIA) FROM THE HEADWATERS OF THE YANGTZE RIVER, QINGHAI PROVINCE, WEST CHINA," Journal of Paleontology 81(6), 1327-1347, (1 November 2007). https://doi.org/10.1666/05-152.1
Accepted: 1 December 2006; Published: 1 November 2007
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