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Venericardia crossensis
Taxonomy
Venericardia crossensis was named by Reyment (1955). Its type specimen is BMNH L.82967, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Amamgbala, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore shale in the Nkporo Shale Formation of Nigeria.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cardita albasiensis, Cardita squamosissima, V. agriculturae, V. amazoniana, V. awamoensis, V. bisculpta, V. crebrisulcata, V. elegantula, V. forgemoli, V. globosa, V. horni, V. intermedia, V. liasina, V. liasinum, V. millegrana, V. nagaoi, V. okinoshimensis, V. quadriangulata, V. rutoti, V. smillina, V. turneri, V. withlacoochensis, V. monilifera, V. vestitoides, V. leonensis, V. gardnerae, V. guajirensis, V. sabinensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Venericardia crossensis Reyment p. 141 figs. Pl 3, figs 12a,b,c, 13a,b |
| 1957 | Venericardia crossensis Dartevelle and Freneix p. 127 |
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†Venericardia crossensis Reyment 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available