Caprina

Caprina
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140.2–70.6 Ma
[1]
Fossil shell of Caprina adversa from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Hippuritoida
Family: Caprinidae
Genus: Caprina
d'Orbigny, 1822

Caprina is a genus of rudists, a group of marine heterodont bivalves belonging to the family Caprinidae.[2]

These stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Cretaceous period, from 140.2 to 70.6 Ma.[1] The rudists became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous, apparently as a result of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, Japan. Cuba, Mexico and United States.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ GBIF


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.