†Chrysocardium aurum Woodring 1982 (cockle)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F)
Belongs to Chrysocardium according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 647478, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Location 38, Rio Cassaya area (Gatuncillo Formation) - Woodring (1957) (Eocene of Panama)
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