Megalodontidae
Megalodontidae is an extinct family of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.
Megalodontidae | |
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Fossil of Megalodon | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Subclass: | Heterodonta |
Order: | †Megalodontida |
Superfamily: | †Megalodontoidea |
Family: | †Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853 |
Genera | |
See text |
Nomenclature
A family of insects was also previously called "Megalodontidae", containing the sawfly genus Megalodontes. In order to remove the homonymy, that family has been renamed Megalodontesidae.[1]
Genera
- †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
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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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