Hippurites
| Hippurites Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Hippurites sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Hippuritoida |
| Superfamily: | Hippuritacea |
| Family: | Hippuritidae |
| Genus: | Hippurites Lamarck, 1801 |
Hippurites is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusk 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
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