Biology:Titanosarcolites
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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Family: | †Caprinidae |
| Genus: | †Titanosarcolites Trechmann, 1924 |
Titanosarcolites is a genus of giant rudist bivalve from the Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Jamaica, Southeastern Mexico and the Southern US. It belonged to the now extinct family known as Caprinidae, a group that went extinct during the KT extinction event, 66 MYA. Titanosarcolites was one of the last members of this group. There were several species, including T. alatus, T. giganteus, T. macgillavryi and T. oddsensis.[1][2]
Description
Titanosarcolites was rather large, perhaps being 2 meters in overall size at its largest.[3]
References
- ↑ "†Titanosarcolites Trechmann 1924 (rudist)". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18681.
- ↑ Steuber, Thomas; Mitchell, Simon F.; Buhl, Dieter; Gunter, Gavin; Kasper, Haino U. (November 2002). "Catastrophic extinction of Caribbean rudist bivalves at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary" (in en). Geology. pp. 999. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0999:CEOCRB>2.0.CO;2. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/30/11/999/186128/Catastrophic-extinction-of-Caribbean-rudist?redirectedFrom=fulltext.
- ↑ "Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life". PLoS. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0146092.
Wikidata ☰ Q107277504 entry
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