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Extinct genus of bivalves

Protocardia
Temporal range: Mesozoic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Cardiidae
Genus: †Protocardia

Protocardia is an extinct genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the subfamily Protocardiinae of the family Cardiidae, the cockles.

The internal anatomy of individuals in this genus is sometimes preserved in phosphate.

References

  1. Schneider, S.; Fürsich, F. T.; Werner, W. (2010). "Marking the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian transition with a bivalve – Protocardia gigantea sp. Nov. (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) and its relatives from the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 258: 167. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0093.
  2. Wilby, P. R.; Whyte, M. A. (1995). "Phosphatized soft tissues in bivalves from the Portland Roach of Dorset (Upper Jurassic)". Geological Magazine. 132: 117. doi:10.1017/S001675680001147X.
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Protocardia


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