Dicerocardiidae

Dicerocardiidae is an extinct family of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the order Megalodontida.

Dicerocardiidae
Temporal range: from Triassic to Cretaceous, 247.2–94.3 Ma
Fossil valves of Dicerocardium jani, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Megalodontida
Superfamily: Megalodontoidea
Family: Dicerocardiidae
Kutassy, 1934
Genera

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Genera

Genera within the family Dicerocardiidae:

  • Cornucardia Koken 1913
  • Dicerocardium Stoppani 1856, the type genus
  • Physocardia Wahrmann 1894
  • Platycardia Beringer 1949
  • Pseudisocardia Douvillé 1912
  • Pseudisocardia Macfadyeni Cox 1935
  • Rostrocardia Freneix 1972
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