Morphology and taxonomic position of the bizarre Permian pachydomid bivalve Leinzia from Western Gondwana

The genus Leinzia is a typical member of the renowned Artinskian–Wuchiapingian (Permian) endemic bivalve fauna of the Passa Dois Group, Paraná Basin, Brazil. The extraordinary shells of Leinzia, characterized by a rostrum extending from the anterior cardinal margin led certain authors to regard them...

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Main Authors: Marcello G. Simões, Vitor B. Guerrini, Suzana A. Matos, Rosemarie Rohn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2020-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app65/app006652019.pdf