Dicerocardium

Dicerocardium is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the family Dicerocardiidae. These bivalves were stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeders.

Dicerocardium
Temporal range: Triassic, 221.5–205.6 Ma
Fossil valve of Dicerocardium jani, from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Megalodontida
Family: Dicerocardiidae
Genus: Dicerocardium
Stoppani 1856

Distribution

Fossils of species in this genus have been found in the Triassic of Austria, Hungary, Italy and Japan.

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