Diceratidae

Diceratidae
Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7 Ma
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

  1. ^ GBIF


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