Field Photos of Bivalves

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Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Bivalve
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Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Bivalve
High Resolution Image
Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Bivalve
High Resolution Image
Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Bivalve
High Resolution Image
Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Assorted Bivalves
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Location: Near Benson Az.
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Assorted Bivalves
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Location: Near Benson Az.
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Genus: Trigonia
Trigonia Bivalve
(in matrix)
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Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Coquina
Mixed Broken Shells
Location: Tucson Mountains
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Amole Arkose
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Coquina
Mixed Broken Shells
Location: Tucson Mountains
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Amole Arkose
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Bivalve
Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Order: Pteroidea
Family: Ostreidae
Oyster
Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Order: Pteroidea
Family: Ostreidae
Oyster
Location: Near Sonoita Arizona
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Mural Limestone
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Bivalve Mollusk (cross section) and what appears to be associated trace fossils
Pelecypod is about 1".
Location: Near Tucson Az.
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Amole Arkose
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
Coquina
Mixed Broken Shells
Location: Tucson Mountains
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Amole Arkose
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Bivalve mollusk
Fossil is about 3/4 inch long.
Location: Near Tucson Az.
Age: Early Cretaceous
Formation: Amole Arkose
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia (Pelecypoda)
This Pelecypod is from the Amole Arkose (Bisbee equivalent) in the Tucson mountains. Fossil is about 1/4 inch long.
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