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Leptodesma (Leiopteria) bonaerensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Liopteria bonaerensis was named by Harrington (1955). Its type specimen is CPBA 5802 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southeastern flank of Cerro Nortero, lower Bonete Fm, Sierra de las Tunas, which is in a Sakmarian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone/quartzite in the Bonete Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Leptodesma (Leiopteria) bonaerensis by Pagani (2000).