Megalodontidae

Megalodontidae Temporal range: Devonian–Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Megalodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	† Megalodontida
Superfamily:	† Megalodontoidea
Family:	† Megalodontidae Morris & Lycett, 1853
Genera
See text

Megalodontidae is an extinct family of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.

Nomenclature

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

• † 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

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Gallery

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  Triassic to Jurassic-aged Megalodontid fossil from Elet Island in Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines. P20 coin for scale.
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  Another specimen of a Megalodontid fossil from Elet Island in Busuanga, Palawan, Philippines

References

1. 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.
2. Paleobiology Database