An extinct monster of the Cretaceous waters of the Tethys Se...

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An extinct monster of the Cretaceous waters of the Tethys Sea. A thick transverse section of the left valve of Vaccinites cornuvaccinum (Bronn 1831), a peculiar bivalve from the Upper Cretaceous (100-66 million years old) deposits of the Mount Parnassus, Greece, that became extinct approximately 65 million years ago. The animal could reach a meter in length and with its thick shell was one of the major reef-building protagonists

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Auction Date:
29th Jul 24 at 10am BST

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