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Megadiceras

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Epidiceratidae

Taxonomy
Megadiceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Epidiceratinae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Megadiceras Cox et al. p. N778
2002Megadiceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
suborderRequieniidina
superfamilyRequienioideaDouvillé 1914
familyEpidiceratidae(Rengarten 1950)
genusMegadiceras

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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