Megalodon (bivalve)

Megalodon; Temporal range: Early Devonian–Early Jurassic ~412–182 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Megalodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	†Megalodontida
Superfamily:	†Megalodontoidea
Family:	†Megalodontidae
Genus:	†Megalodon; Sowerby, 1827
Species
	See text.

Megalodon is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic period.^[1] It is not clear, however, that all the fossils assigned to Megalodon from that span of time really belong in the same genus. Jurassic relatives of Megalodon such as Pachyrisma grande were closely related to the rudists.^[2]

Species

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Distribution

Fossils of the bivalve Megalodon have been found in:^[1]

Devonian

Austria, Canada (Alberta), Germany, and Italy

Permian

China and Malaysia

Triassic

Bulgaria, Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro and the United Arab Emirates

Jurassic

Italy and Morocco

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Megalodon". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
^ Skelton, Peter W. & Smith, Andrew B. (2000). "Preliminary phylogeny for rudist bivalves: sifting clades from grades". In Harper, E. M.; Taylor, J. D. & Crame, J. A. (eds.). Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia. Vol. Special Publication No. 177. Bath, UK: Geological Society. pp. 97–127. ISBN 1-86239-076-2.

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[PBDB-1] "Megalodon". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2009-10-29.

[2] Skelton, Peter W. & Smith, Andrew B. (2000). "Preliminary phylogeny for rudist bivalves: sifting clades from grades". In Harper, E. M.; Taylor, J. D. & Crame, J. A. (eds.). Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia. Vol. Special Publication No. 177. Bath, UK: Geological Society. pp. 97–127. ISBN 1-86239-076-2.

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