TWO NEW SPECIES OF PRATULUM FROM THE LOWER MIOCENE OF CHILE: THE FIRST RECORDS OF PRATULUM (BIVALVIA, CARDIIDAE) FROM SOUTH AMERICA

Authors

  • Jocelyn Rojas Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, 5090000 Valdivia
  • Sven N. Nielsen Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, 5090000 Valdivia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2064-8050

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.20.05.2020.3290

Keywords:

Pratulum, Navidad Formation, Lower Miocene, Ipun beds

Abstract

The genus Pratulum is one of the most abundant genera of Cardiidae in formations of Cenozoic age in New Zealand, australia, and antarctica. Currently, three species are known to inhabit the warm seas of australia and New Zealand. here, two new species are described, Pratulum kurrawchipellu sp. nov. and Pratulum terpoorteni sp. nov., extending its biogeographic distribution to south america, specifically to lower miocene localities of central and southern Chile. also, this finding contributes additional evidence that reaffirms the faunistic relationship between south america, australia, New Zealand, and antarctica during the Cenozoic, adding another genus to the list of mollusks that shares its distribution among these regions.
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2020-10-31

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Vol. 57 No. 5 (2020): includes Gondwanan Perspectives on the origins of Patagonia

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TWO NEW SPECIES OF PRATULUM FROM THE LOWER MIOCENE OF CHILE: THE FIRST RECORDS OF PRATULUM (BIVALVIA, CARDIIDAE) FROM SOUTH AMERICA. (2020). Ameghiniana, 57(5), 433–442. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.20.05.2020.3290