Hippurites
Appearance
Hippurites Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Genus: | Hippurites Lamarck 1801
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Hippurites is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusk in the rudist family, from the Late Cretaceous of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.
Species
- Hippurites atheniensis Ktenas 1907
- Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855
- Hippurites cornucopiae Defrance 1821
- Hippurites cornuvaccinum Brown
References
- Hippurites in the Paleobiology Database
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 112)
- Global Names Index
- Sepkoski's Online Genus Database