Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Full reference: J.d.C. Sowerby. 1827. No. XCVII of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 6(94-99):87-156
Parent taxon: Megalodontidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010
See also Kiessling 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampezzania, Conchodon, Cumularia, Eomegalodus, Megalomoidea, Neomegalodon, Pachyrisma, Paramegalodus, Pomarangina, Protodiceras, Protomegalodon, Quemocuomegalodon, Rhaetomegalodon, Triadomegalodon
Subtaxa: Megalodon abbreviatus Megalodon cassianus Megalodon hungaricum Megalodon klipsteinii Megalodon longjiangensis Megalodon rostratiforme Megalodon yanceyi Megalodus
Type: Megalodon cucullatus
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Italy (2 collections), Morocco (1)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (1), Hungary (2), Indonesia (3), Italy (17), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (1: Nevada)
• Permian of China (1), India (1), Malaysia (1)
• Devonian of Austria (1), Canada (2: Alberta), China (1), Germany (5), Italy (1)
Total: 49 collections including 61 occurrences
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