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Publication Kear (2006): summary
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Complete Citation

Kear, B.P. 2006. A new fossil unionoid bivalve from the Lower Cretaceous non-marine deposits of Lightning Ridge, Eastern Australia. Paper presented at the Riversleigh 2006 Symposium. Program and abstracts, Sydney.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Coocrania Ponder et al., 2025
Kear, 2006. Riversleigh 2006, symposium: ??. [nomen nudum]
Meakin, 2011. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 132: 81. [nomen nudum]
Ponder et al., 2025. Mollusc. Res. early online: 9. [nomen nudum]
Type species: Coocrania hamiltonbrucei Ponder et al., 2025 (monotypy) = Coocrania hamiltonbrucei

Attributed Nominal Species

Coocrania hamiltonbrucei Ponder et al., 2025
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]

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