The West African enigma: Systematics, evolution, and palaeobiogeography of cardiid bivalve Procardium

Procardium gen. nov. is proposed for a group of early Miocene to Recent large cardiids in the subfamily Cardiinae. The type species is Cardium indicum, the only living representative, previously assigned to the genus Cardium. It is a mainly West African species, with a very limited occurrence in the...

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Main Authors: Jan Johan ter Poorten, Rafael La Perna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2017-11-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app62/app003632017.pdf