Eotrigonia

Japanese: Eotrigonia
Eotrigonia

...Although many species live for a relatively long period of time, their flashy and varied morphology makes them a useful taxonomic group for comparing regions, estimating Mesozoic biogeographical regions and paleoenvironments, and considering the functional significance of surface sculpture. In the Cenozoic era, they rapidly declined, and only a few species of the Tertiary Eotrigonia and the modern Neotrigonia are known in Australia, and they are considered examples of "living fossils." [Hayami Kaku]...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Eotrigonia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…種の生存期間はやや長いものが多いが,形態が派手で変化に富むため,地域内での対比や中生代の生物地理区・古環境の推定,表面彫刻の機能的意味を考察するうえに有効な分類群である。新生代に入ると急速に衰退して,わずかにオーストラリアに第三紀のエオトリゴニアEotrigonia,現生のシンサンカクガイ(ネオトリゴニアNeotrigonia)数種のみが知られ,“生きている化石”の一例とされている。【速水 格】。…

※「Eotrigonia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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