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Megalodon (bivalve)

Extinct genus of bivalves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Megalodon (bivalve)
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Megalodon is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Early Jurassic period.[1] It is not clear, however, that all the fossils assigned to Megalodon from that span of time really belong in the same genus. Jurassic relatives of Megalodon such as Pachyrisma grande were closely related to the rudists.[2]

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Species

  • Megalodon hungaricum
  • Megalodon longjiangensis
  • Megalodon rostratiforme
  • Megalodon yanceyi
  • Megalodon abbreviatus

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Distribution

Fossils of the bivalve Megalodon have been found in:[1]

Devonian
  • Austria, Canada (Alberta), Germany, and Italy
Permian
  • China and Malaysia
Triassic
  • Bulgaria, Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and the United Arab Emirates
Jurassic
  • Italy and Morocco

References

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