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Paleozoic Fossil Gallery - Bivalve (pelecypod)

Mollusca, Bivalvia

(Phylum, Class)

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Fossil identification by Jo Cox unless otherwise noted

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Anatinacea

(Superfamily)

Allorisma terminale

Period: Permian

Location: north of Abilene, Texas

Collection: Hardin-Simmons University

Size: 119 mm long

Allorisma terminale.jpg (123665 bytes)

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Cypricardiacea

(Superfamily)

Astartella concentrica

Period: Pennsylvanian

Location: Bridgeport, Texas

Collection: Hardin-Simmons University

Size: 22 mm long

Astartella concentrica 1a.jpg (86516 bytes)   Astartella concentrica 1b.jpg (60780 bytes)   Astartella concentrica 1c.jpg (73355 bytes)

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Nuculacea

(Superfamily)

Nucula ventricosa

Period: Pennsylvanian

Location: Bridgeport, Texas

Collection: Hardin-Simmons University

Size: 15 mm long

Nucula ventricosa 1a.jpg (44586 bytes)   Nucula ventricosa 1b.jpg (29563 bytes)   Nucula ventricosa 1d.jpg (37182 bytes)

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Pterinea

(Superfamily)

Myalina copei

Period: Permian, Moran formation

Location: Shackleford Co., Texas

Collection: Abilene Christian University Natural History Collection

Size: 71 mm long

Myalina copei 1a.jpg (135639 bytes)   Myalina copei 1b.jpg (131993 bytes)   Myalina copei 1c.jpg (93571 bytes)

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