Diceras

Diceras Temporal range: From Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–99.7  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil Diceras angulatum from Jurassic at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	† Hippuritida
Suborder:	† Hippuritidina
Superfamily:	† Radiolitoidea
Family:	† Diceratidae
Genus:	† Diceras Lamarck, 1805
Species
See text.

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

Species

Species within the genus Diceras:

• † Diceras brevicornum Karczewski 1969
• † Diceras impressum Karczewski 1969
• † Diceras originale Bayle 1873

Distribution

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.

References

• Paleobiology Database
• Biolib