Megalodontidae

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

Megalodontidae
Temporal range: Devonian–Jurassic
Fossil of Megalodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: †Megalodontida
Superfamily: †Megalodontoidea
Family: †Megalodontidae
Morris & Lycett, 1853
Genera

See text

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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