Biology:Wilkingia

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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves

Wilkingia
Temporal range: Visean-Changhsingian
~336–253 Ma
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Family:
Sanguinolitidae
Genus:
Wilkingia

Wilson, 1959

Wilkingia is an extinct genus of fossil bivalve molluscs that lived from the Early Carboniferous (Visean) to the Late Permian (Changhsingian) in Asia, Europe, North and South America (Río del Peñón Formation of Argentina , Piauí Formation of Brazil and Cerro El Arbol Formation of Chile ).[1]

References

Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 113)

Wikidata ☰ Q3467581 entry