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Paleomutela wohrmani, P. amalitzky, and P. attenuata
Paleomutela wohrmani, P. amalitzky & P. attenuata (after Silantiev 1998, figs.1&7)
Paleomutela is a clam-like bivalve genus from Upper Tatarian, Late Permian (258-252 mya) deposits from the Russian (East European) Platform. First described by Amalitzky in 1892, it belongs to the class Bivalvia, the order Ctenodontia, and the family Paleomutelidae. Three species are represented, Paleomutela wohrmani, P. amalitzky, and P. attenuata.
Image a) shows the fossil hinge of P. wohrmani in dorsal view, found at Kitchkass, near Orenburg.
Image b) shows an idealized hinge and teeth mechanism in P. Amalitzkty.
Image c) shows a paired bivalve of P. attentuata in ventral view. This was found at Leninogorsk, south of the Kama River.
References:
Silantiev, V.V. 1998. New Data on the Upper Permian bivalve Paleomutala in European Russia. in Bivalves: An Eon of Evolution (ed. Johnston & Haggart), Calvary, pp.437-442.
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