Diceratidae
Appearance
Diceratidae Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous,
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Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | †Hippuritida |
Suborder: | †Hippuritidina |
Superfamily: | †Radiolitoidea |
Family: | †Diceratidae Dall 1895 |
Genera | |
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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
[edit]Genera within the family Diceratidae:
- †Diceras Lamarck, 1805
References
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