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Description
Locality: 
Unterstürmig Clay Pit, Eggolsheim, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Fossil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm
Description

This is Plicatula spinosa. Plicatula is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, known commonly as kitten's paws or kittenpaws in the family Plicatulidae. This specimens first recorded appearance was 197-190 mya and  the last recorded appearance was 183-182 mya. So it lived during the Early Jurassic age. It contains low Mg, calcite and aragonite.

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