Late Cretaceous Clam

Linked to Coastal Plain Geologic Province

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This fossil of a Late Cretaceous clam, Crassatellites roodensis, features a hole bored by a type of snail known as a naticid. Such holes were a cause of mortality for many clam species during this period.

Photograph by David R. Schwimmer

Late Cretaceous Clam

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