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Lucinida
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Nympholucina
Nympholucina occidentalis
Nympholucina occidentalis
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Lucinida
Family:
Lucinidae
Genus:
Nympholucina
Species:
Nympholucina occidentalis
(Morton, 1842)
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Geological Range
Campanian to Maastrichtian.
Paleogeographic Distribution
South Dakota.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Maastrichtian
Fox Hills Formation (SD)
Fox Hills Formation (Timber Lake Member) (SD)
Campanian
Pierre Shale (SD) [Campanian]
Crassatella evensi
from the Pierre Shale of Custer County South Dakota (AMNH 66246). Image modified from fig. 39e in Landman et al. (2010,
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
, no. 342) and used with permission.
Nympholucina occidentalis
from the Maastrichtian Fox Hills Fm. of Dewey County, South Dakota (YPM 024427).
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