Dicerocardiidae
Dicerocardiidae Temporal range: from Triassic to Cretaceous,
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Fossil valves of , on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
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
References[]
Categories:
- Prehistoric bivalve families
- Triassic first appearances
- Cretaceous extinctions
- Bivalve taxonomy
- Prehistoric bivalve stubs