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Extinct genus of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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]

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