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 (3), Czechia (4), Egypt (15), France (10), Greece (5), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Italy (35), Jamaica (69), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (49), Montenegro (1), Morocco (1), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (2), Oman (8), the Philippines (1), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Serbia (3), Slovenia (3), Spain (14), Tunisia (2), Türkiye (6), United States (59: Alabama, Arizona, California, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (2)

Total: 312 collections including 572 occurrences

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