Diceratidae
| Diceratidae Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous,
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| Fossil from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Suborder: | † |
| Superfamily: | † |
| Family: | †Diceratidae Dall 1895 |
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Diceratidae is a family of rudists, a group of unusual extinct saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalves in the order Hippuritida.[1]
Genera[]
Genera within the family Diceratidae:
- †Diceras Lamarck, 1805
References[]
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Categories:
- Prehistoric bivalve families
- Jurassic first appearances
- Cretaceous extinctions
- Hippuritida
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