Austrotrigonia pampeana Leanza and Casadío 1991 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Full reference: H. A. Leanza and S. Casadío. 1991. Descripción de dos nuevas especies de Pacitrigonia Marwick y Austrotrigonia Skwarko (Trigoniidae; Bivalvia) en el Cretácico superior del occidente de la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina. Revista Geológica de Chile 18(1):25-35

Belongs to Austrotrigonia according to H. A. Leanza and S. Casadío 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GHUNLPam 400, a shell. Its type locality is Barda Baya, which is in a Maastrichtian marine limestone in the Roca Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: fast-moving shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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