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
~336–253 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Praecardiida
Family:
Sanguinolitidae
Genus:
Wilkingia

Wilson, 1959

References
  1. Wilkingia at Fossilworks.org

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