Megalodontidae is an extinct family of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Megalodontida |
| Superfamily: | †Megalodontoidea |
| Family: | †Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853 |
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Nomenclature edit
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 edit
- †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
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Paleobiology Database
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