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Title: Animalia & Invertebrata & Mollusca & Gastropoda, , patella rugosa, Animalia Invertebrata Mollusca Gastropoda [Go to resource]
Description: Patella rugosa probably got its name from its similarity to the human kneecap bone, which is called a patella. It is a mollusc that lived on rocks at the edge of the sea. It attached itself to the rocks with a strong muscle (foot), like today's limpets that live in rock pools. Stratigraphy: Jurassic (Middle) & Bathonian / 160 - 166 my Source: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Identifier: emu.ecatalogue.palaeobiology.73910 Go to resource More Like this...
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