†family Requieniidae Douvillé 1914 (rudist)

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Requieniidae

Synonym: Bayleiidae Munier-Chalmas 1873

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Carter et al. 2011, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxon: Epidiceratidae

Subtaxa: Matheroniinae Requieniinae Toucasiidae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1 collection), Albania (1), Algeria (1), Angola (1), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Croatia (1), Egypt (7), France (8), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (3), Iran (3), Iraq (1), Italy (24), Japan (1), Jordan (3), Mexico (10), Morocco (1), North Pacific (1), Oman (1), Portugal (9), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia (2), Slovenia (29), Somalia (2), Spain (28), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (1), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (12: Arizona, Texas), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)

• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1)

Total: 172 collections including 227 occurrences

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