Wilkingia

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]

Wilkingia
Temporal range: Visean-Changhsingian
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Sanguinolitidae
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Wilkingia

Wilson, 1959

References

Further reading

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