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Diceras

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Diceras
Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7 Ma
Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
Suborder: Hippuritidina
Superfamily: Radiolitoidea
Family: Diceratidae
Genus: Diceras
Lamarck, 1805
Species

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Diceras is an extinct genus of fossil saltwater clams, marine heterodont bivalve molluscs. These bivalves were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

Species

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Species within the genus Diceras:

Distribution

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Fossils of species belonging to this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of France and in the Jurassic of Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Morocco, Poland, Romania and Slovenia.

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