| 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
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | † Megalodontida |
| Superfamily: | † Megalodontoidea |
| Family: | †
Dicerocardiidae Kutassy, 1934 |
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Dicerocardiidae is an extinct family of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the order Megalodontida.
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
References
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