Tacuaremboia

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Tacuaremboia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Unionida
Family: Unionidae
Genus:† Tacuaremboia
Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993
Species:
†T. caorsii
Binomial name
†Tacuaremboia caorsii
Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993

Tacuaremboia is a Mesozoic freshwater bivalve of big size (about 40 cm). [1]

Material has been found in the Tacuarembó Formation of Uruguay; its type species is Tacuaremboia caorsii. [2]

It was one of the last genus described by Alfredo Figueiras (1915-1991). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Veroslavsky Barbe, Gerardo; Ubilla Gutiérrez, Martín; Martínez Chiappara, Sergio Agustín (2004). "Cuencas sedimentarias de Uruguay: geología, paleontología y recursos naturales: Mesozoico" (in Spanish). Montevideo: UR. FC. DIRAC; SUG. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Martínez, S.; Figueiras, A.; da Silva, JS (1993). "A new Unionoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Tacuarembó Formation (Upper Triassic–Upper Jurassic), Uruguay". Journal of Paleontology . 67 (6): 962–965. doi:10.1017/S0022336000025270.
  3. ↑ "Alfredo Figueiras (1915-1991)". Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.


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