Diceras

Diceras; Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	†Hippuritida
Suborder:	†
Superfamily:	†
Family:	†Diceratidae
Genus:	†Diceras; Lamarck, 1805
Species
	See text.

Diceras is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs. These bivalves were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

Species[]

Species within the genus Diceras:

† Karczewski 1969
† Karczewski 1969
† Bayle 1873

Distribution[]

Fossils of species belonging to this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of France and in the Jurassic of Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.

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