†Patagocardia peterseni Petersen 1946 (clam)
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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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