†family Ichthyosarcolitidae Douvillé 1887 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae

Synonym: Caprinellidae Gill 1871

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011 and Steuber 2002

Sister taxa: Antillocaprinidae, Caprinidae, Caprinuloideidae, Ichtyosarcolidae

Subtaxa: Caprinella Curtocaprina Icthyosarcolites

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (3 collections), Croatia (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (15), France (9), Greece (1), Italy (10), Morocco (1), Slovenia (2), Turkey (3), USSR (1), United States (4: Tennessee, Texas)

Total: 54 collections including 80 occurrences

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