Megalodontidae
| Megalodontidae Temporal range: Devonian–Jurassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Hippuritoida |
| Family: | Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853 |
Megalodontidae is an extinct family of bivalve Molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic Period.
Nomenclature
A family of insects has also been called "Megalodontidae", containing the sawfly genus Megalodontes. In order to remove the homonymy, that family has been renamed Megalodontesidae.[1]
Genera[2]
- Conchodon
- Gemmellarodus di Stefano 1912
- Megalodon Agassiz 1843
- Neomegalodon Guembel 1864
- Pachyrisma
- Protomegalodon
- Pterocardia Bayan 1874
- Quemocuomegalodon Yao et al. 2003
- Rhaetomegalodon
- Triadomegalodon Vegh-Neubrandt 1974
References
- ↑ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1996). "Opinion 1829. Megalodontidae Konow, 1897 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): spelling emended to Megalodontesidae, so removing the homonymy with Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853 (Mollusca, Bivalvia)". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 53 (1): 66–67.
- ↑ Paleobiology Database
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