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Hippurites cornuvaccinum

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Hippurites cornuvaccinums
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Specimen of Hippurites cornuvaccinum from Greece
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H. cornuvaccinum
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Hippurites cornuvaccinum
Bronn 1831

Hippurites cornuvaccinum is a fossil saltwater clam, an extinct marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hippuritidae. These fossils occur in the Late Cretaceous deposits of southern Europe.

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