Megalodontidae
Temporal range:
Fossil of Megalodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Megalodontida
Superfamily: Megalodontoidea
Family: Megalodontidae
Morris & Lycett, 1853
Genera

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Megalodontidae is an extinct family of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.

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 Sowerby, 1827
  • Neomegalodon Guembel, 1864
  • Pachyrisma
  • Protomegalodon
  • Pterocardia Bayan, 1874
  • Quemocuomegalodon Yao et al. 2003
  • Rhaetomegalodon
  • Triadomegalodon Vegh-Neubrandt, 1974

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References

  1. 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.
  2. Paleobiology Database


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