†superfamily Megalodontoidea Morris 1853 (clam)

Bivalvia - Megalodontida

Alternative spelling: Megalodontacea

Parent taxon: Megalodontida according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Vokes 1980 and Yancey and Stanley 1999

Sister taxon: Mecynodontoidea

Subtaxa: Ceratomyopsidae Dicerocardiidae Gemmelarodus Megalodontidae Pachyrismatidae Wallowaconchidae

View classification

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Egypt (8), Germany (1), United States (13: California)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), China (1), Ethiopia (3), France (5), Germany (4), India (20), Indonesia (2), Iran (2), Italy (3), Jordan (9), Kenya (5), Madagascar (5), Morocco (1), Oman (1), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (44), Slovenia (3), Somalia (10), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Tajikistan (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (26), the United Kingdom (4), Yemen (14)

• Triassic of Austria (21), Bulgaria (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Yukon), China (4), Colombia (2), East Timor (1), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (34), India (2), Indonesia (5), Italy (40), Japan (1), Peru (2), Poland (3), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (2), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (3), the United Arab Emirates (5), United States (7: Alaska, Nevada, Oregon)

• Permian of China (1), India (1), Malaysia (1)

• Devonian of Australia (1), Austria (1), Canada (2: Alberta), China (1), Germany (7), Italy (1)

• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana)

• Silurian of the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (3), United States (3: Alaska, Iowa)

Total: 370 collections including 622 occurrences

Show more details