Pojetaia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | †Fordillida |
Family: | †Fordillidae |
Genus: | †Pojetaia Jell, 1980 |
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Pojetaia is an extinct genus of early bivalves,[1] one of two genera in the extinct family Fordillidae.[2] The genus is known solely from Early to Middle Cambrian fossils found in North America, Greenland, Europe, North Africa, Asia, and Australia.[2][3] The genus currently contains two accepted species, Pojetaia runnegari, the type species, and Pojetaia sarhroensis, though up to seven species have been proposed. The genera Buluniella, Jellia, and Oryzoconcha are all considered synonyms of Pojetaia.[2]