Biology:Diceratidae

Short description: Family of molluscs (fossil)

Diceratidae Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7 Ma PreЄ Є 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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	†Hippuritida
Suborder:	†Hippuritidina
Superfamily:	†Radiolitoidea
Family:	†Diceratidae Dall 1895
Genera
See text.

Diceratidae is a family of rudists, a group of unusual extinct saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalves in the order Hippuritida.

Genera

Genera within the family Diceratidae:

• †Diceras Lamarck, 1805

References

• Paleobiology Database
• Biolib

Wikidata ☰ Q16981328 entry