Patagocardia peterseni Petersen 1946 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae

Full reference: C. S. Petersen. 1946. Estudios Geológicos en la Región del Río Chubut Medio. 1-152

Belongs to Patagocardia according to C. S. Petersen 1946

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Puesto Ecretton, which is in a Maastrichtian/Danian marine sandstone in the Lefipan Formation of Argentina

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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