Diceratidae

Family of molluscs (fossil)

Diceratidae
Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7 Ma
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Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
Suborder: Hippuritidina
Superfamily: Radiolitoidea
Family: Diceratidae
Dall 1895
Genera

See text.

Diceratidae is a family of rudists, a group of unusual extinct saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalves in the order Hippuritida.[1]

Genera

Genera within the family Diceratidae:

References

  • Paleobiology Database
  • Biolib
  1. ^ GBIF
Taxon identifiers
Diceratidae


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