Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Parent taxon: Megalodontoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Nevesskaja 2009, Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Ceratomyopsidae, Gemmelarodus, Megalodontidae, Pachyrismatidae, Wallowaconchidae
Subtaxa: Ambocardia Carinocardia Cornucardia Dicerocardium Megalocardia Physocardia Platycardia Praedicerocardium Pseudisocardia Rostrocardia
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Egypt (8), Germany (1), United States (13: California)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1), Saudi Arabia (25), Somalia (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Austria (4), East Timor (1), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (18), Indonesia (2), Italy (15), Japan (1), Peru (2), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 103 collections including 116 occurrences