Dicerocardiidae

Dicerocardiidae Temporal range: from Triassic to Cretaceous, 247.2–94.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil valves of Dicerocardium jani, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	†Megalodontida
Superfamily:	†Megalodontoidea
Family:	†Dicerocardiidae Kutassy, 1934
Genera
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Dicerocardiidae is an extinct family of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs, in the order Megalodontida.

Genera

Genera within the family Dicerocardiidae:

• †Cornucardia Koken 1913
• †Dicerocardium Stoppani 1856, the type genus
• †Physocardia Wahrmann 1894
• †Platycardia Beringer 1949
• †Pseudisocardia Douvillé 1912
• †Pseudisocardia Macfadyeni Cox 1935
• †Rostrocardia Freneix 1972

References

• Paleobiology Database