Caprina

For the genus of moths, see Caprinia.

Caprina Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140.2–70.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Fossil shell of Caprina adversa from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	†Hippuritida
Suborder:	†Hippuritidina
Superfamily:	†Caprinoidea
Family:	†Caprinidae
Genus:	†Caprina d'Orbigny, 1822

Caprina is a genus of rudists, a group of marine heterodont bivalves belonging to the family Caprinidae.[2]

These stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Cretaceous period, from 140.2 to 70.6 Ma.[1] The rudists became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous, apparently as a result of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, Japan, Cuba, Mexico and the United States.[1]

References

1. The Paleobiology Database
2. GBIF