Megalodontidae

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

See text

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

[2]

  • Triassic to Jurassic-aged Megalodontid fossil from Elet Island in Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines. P20 coin for scale.
    Triassic to Jurassic-aged Megalodontid fossil from Elet Island in Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines. P20 coin for scale.
  • Another specimen of a Megalodontid fossil from Elet Island in Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines
    Another specimen of a Megalodontid fossil from Elet Island in Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines

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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