Dicerocardiidae

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Dicerocardiidae
Temporal range: from Triassic to Cretaceous, 247.2–94.3 Ma
Dicerocardiidae - Dicerocardium jani-001.jpg
Fossil valves of , on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order:
Superfamily: Megalodontoidea
Family: Dicerocardiidae
Kutassy, 1934
Genera

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Dicerocardiidae is an extinct family of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the order .

Genera[]

Genera within the family Dicerocardiidae:

  • Koken 1913
  • Dicerocardium Stoppani 1856, the type genus
  • Wahrmann 1894
  • Beringer 1949
  • Douvillé 1912
  • Macfadyeni Cox 1935
  • Freneix 1972

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