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Description: | Specimen of a fossil bivalve, Liostrea hisingeri, collected from unspecified rocks of Late Triassic, Rhaetic age. Collected by Emma Smith.
Liostrea hisingeri was a small oyster, a type of bivalve (meaning two shells or valves). Modern oysters need a stable environment, and are often common where burrowing bivalves are not found. Shallow water and a muddy sea floor are also conditions that oysters prefer. There are three fossilised Liostrea shells on this piece of rock.
It is from the Triassic period (248 - 206 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Animalia Smith Invertebrata Emma Bivalvia Mollusca | Temporal: | Triassic period (248 - 206 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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