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Extinct genus of bivalves

Diceras
Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
Suborder: Hippuritidina
Superfamily: Radiolitoidea
Family: Diceratidae
Genus: Diceras
Lamarck, 1805
Species

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Diceras is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs. These bivalves were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

Species

Species within the genus Diceras:

Distribution

Fossils of species belonging to this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of France and in the Jurassic of Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.

References

Taxon identifiers
Diceras


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