Superfamily Caprinoidea d’Orbigny 1850 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida

Parent taxon: Radiolitidina according to P. W. Skelton 2013

See also Nevesskaja 2009

Sister taxon: Radiolitoidea

Subtaxa: Antillocaprinidae Caprinidae Caprinuloideidae Ichthyosarcolitidae Ichtyosarcolidae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Albania (1), China (1), Costa Rica (3), Croatia (2), Cuba (4), the Czech Republic (4), Egypt (15), France (10), Greece (5), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Italy (35), Jamaica (66), Japan (1), Jordan (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (49), Morocco (1), North Pacific (2), Oman (8), the Philippines (1), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovenia (3), Spain (14), Tunisia (2), Turkey (6), USSR (1), United States (54: Alabama, Arizona, California, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (2)

Total: 303 collections including 568 occurrences

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