{{Short description|Fossil bivalve}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = <!-- | fossil_range = [[Me]]-[[Msz]], {{fossil range|109|89.3}} --> | genus = Tacuaremboia | parent_authority = Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993 | species = caorsii | authority = Martínez, Figueiras & Da Silva, 1993 }} '''''Tacuaremboia''''' is a Mesozoic [[freshwater]] [[bivalve]] of big size (about 40 cm).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/jspui/handle/20.500.12008/20936 |last=Veroslavsky Barbe |first=Gerardo |last2=Ubilla Gutiérrez |first2=Martín |last3=Martínez Chiappara |first3=Sergio Agustín|title=Cuencas sedimentarias de Uruguay: geología, paleontología y recursos naturales: Mesozoico |location=Montevideo |publisher=UR. FC. DIRAC; SUG |year=2004 |access-date=22 December 2025 |language=es }}</ref>
Material has been found in the [[Tacuarembó Formation]] of Uruguay; its type species is ''Tacuaremboia caorsii''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Martínez |first=S. |last2= Figueiras |first2=A. |last3=da Silva |first3=JS |title=A new Unionoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from the Tacuarembó Formation (Upper Triassic–Upper Jurassic), Uruguay |journal=[[Journal of Paleontology]] |year=1993 |volume=67 |issue=6 |pages= 962-965 |doi=10.1017/S0022336000025270 }}</ref>
It was one of the last genus described by Alfredo Figueiras (1915-1991).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smdu.org.uy/figueiras.html |website=Sociedad Malacológica del Uruguay |title=Alfredo Figueiras (1915-1991) |access-date=22 December 2025 |language=es }}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1496525 ''Tacuaremboia''] at MolluscaBase.org
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[[Category:Fossils of Uruguay]] [[Category:Unionidae]]
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