Dicerocardiidae
Dicerocardiidae is an extinct family of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the order Megalodontida.
Dicerocardiidae Temporal range: from Triassic to Cretaceous, | |
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Fossil valves of Dicerocardium jani, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | †Megalodontida |
Superfamily: | †Megalodontoidea |
Family: | †Dicerocardiidae Kutassy, 1934 |
Genera | |
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Genera
Genera within the family Dicerocardiidae:
- †Cornucardia Koken 1913
- †Dicerocardium Stoppani 1856, the type genus
- †Physocardia Wahrmann 1894
- †Platycardia Beringer 1949
- †Pseudisocardia Douvillé 1912
- †Pseudisocardia Macfadyeni Cox 1935
- †Rostrocardia Freneix 1972
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