†Cardium (Ethmocardium) ursaniense Russell and Landes 1937 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221
Belongs to Cardium (Ethmocardium) according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937
Sister taxon: Granocardium (Ethmocardium) whitei
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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