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Publication Kear & Godthelp (2008): summary

Full Citation

Kear, B.P. & H. Godthelp. 2008. Inferred vertebrate bite marks on an Early Cretaceous unionoid bivalve from Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. Alcheringa 32(1): 65-71. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Coocrania hamiltonbrucei Ponder et al., 2025 = Coocrania hamiltonbrucei

Kear, 2006. Riversleigh 2006, symposium: ??. [nomen nudum]
Kear & Godthelp, 2008. Alcheringa 32(1): fig. 2 [unnamed].
Meakin, 2011. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 132: 81. [nomen nudum]
Ponder et al., 2025. Mollusc. Res. early online: 9. [nomen nudum]

Taxonomic Opinions

Prohyria macmichaeli Hocknull, 1997 = Hyridella macmichaeli

Protovirgus wintonensis Hocknull, 1997 = Megalovirgus wintonensis

Velesunio goondiwindiensis Hocknull, 1997 = Hyridella goondiwindiensis

Velesunio jaqueti (Newton, 1915) = Alathyria jaqueti

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