Schedocardia juncea Olsson 1930

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

Alternative combination: Cardium junceum

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1930. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 3, Eocene Mollusca. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(62):1-164

Belongs to Schedocardia according to W. P. Woodring 1982

See also Clark and Durham 1946 and Olsson 1930

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the Talara Formation of Peru

Distribution: found only at Lomitos Cgl, Talara Fm - Yasila and Jaquay Cunas

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