Hippurites
| Hippurites Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Family: | †Hippuritidae |
| Genus: | †Hippurites Lamarck 1801 |
Hippurites is an extinct genus of rudist bivalve mollusc from the Late Cretaceous of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.
Species[]
- Hippurites atheniensis Ktenas 1907
- Woodward 1855
- Defrance 1821
- Hippurites cornuvaccinum Brown
References[]
- Hippurites in the Paleobiology Database
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 112)
- Global Names Index
- Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
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Categories:
- Hippuritidae
- Prehistoric bivalve genera
- Cretaceous bivalves
- Cretaceous animals of Africa
- Cretaceous animals of Asia
- Cretaceous molluscs of Europe
- Prehistoric bivalves of North America
- Cretaceous animals of South America
- Fossil taxa described in 1801
- Prehistoric bivalve stubs
- Cretaceous animal stubs