Dicerocardiidae
Extinct family of bivalves
| Dicerocardiidae Temporal range: from Triassic to Cretaceous, 247.2–94.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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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 |
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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
- Paleobiology Database
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