Name - Alatoconchidae

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:423039 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Alatoconchidae Termier, Termier & de Lapparent 1973

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• End-Guadalupian extinction of the Permian gigantic bivalve Alatoconchidae: End of gigantism in tropical seas by cooling.
• A remarkable sea-level drop and relevant biotic responses across the Guadalupian-Lopingian (Permian) boundary in low-latitude mid-Panthalassa: Irreversible changes recorded in accreted paleo-atoll limestones in Akasaka and Ishiyama, Japan.
• Depositional setting and paleoenvironment of an alatoconchid-bearing Middle Permian carbonate ramp sequence in the Indochina Terrane.
• Alatoconchids: Giant Permian bivalves from South China.
• The implications of the giant bivalve family Alatoconchidae for the end-Guadalupian (Middle Permian) extinction event.

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