Megalodon (bivalve)

Megalodon is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.[1] It is not clear, however, that all the fossils assigned to Megalodon from that span of time really belong in the same genus. Jurassic relatives of Megalodon such as Pachyrisma grande were closely related to the rudists.[2]

For the prehistoric shark species, see Megalodon.

Megalodon
Temporal range: Early Devonian–Early Jurassic ~412–182 Ma
Fossil of Megalodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: †Megalodontida
Superfamily: †Megalodontoidea
Family: †Megalodontidae
Genus: †Megalodon
Sowerby, 1827
Species

See text.

Species
  • †Megalodon hungaricum
  • †Megalodon longjiangensis
  • †Megalodon rostratiforme
  • †Megalodon yanceyi
  • †Megalodon abbreviatus

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Distribution

Fossils of the bivalve Megalodon have been found in:[1]

Devonian
  • Austria, Canada (Alberta), Germany, and Italy
Permian
  • China and Malaysia
Triassic
  • Bulgaria, Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and the United Arab Emirates
Jurassic
  • Italy and Morocco
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References
  1. "Megalodon". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  2. Skelton, Peter W. & Smith, Andrew B. (2000). "Preliminary phylogeny for rudist bivalves: sifting clades from grades". In Harper, E. M.; Taylor, J. D. & Crame, J. A. (eds.). Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia. Special Publication No. 177. Bath, UK: Geological Society. pp. 97–127. ISBN 1-86239-076-2.


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