Requieniidae is a family of
rudists
Rudists are a group of extinct box-, tube- or ring-shaped marine heterodont bivalves belonging to the order Hippuritida that arose during the Late Jurassic and became so diverse during the Cretaceous that they were major reef-building organis ...
, in the order
Hippuritida
Rudists are a group of extinct box-, tube- or ring-shaped marine heterodont bivalves belonging to the order Hippuritida that arose during the Late Jurassic and became so diverse during the Cretaceous that they were major reef-building organis ...
,
which lived from 155.7 to 66.043 million years ago.
Taxonomy
Placed by the
WoRMS Worms may refer to:
*Worm, an invertebrate animal with a tube-like body and no limbs
Places
*Worms, Germany
Worms () is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, situated on the Upper Rhine about south-southwest of Frankfurt am Main. It had ...
and
Fossilworks
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.
Family Requieniidae
Kutassy, 1934
* Subfamily:
Matheroniinae
** Genus: ''
Hypelasma''
** Genus: ''
Kugleria''
** Genus: ''
Lovetchenia''
** Genus: ''
Matheronia''
** Genus: ''
Rutonia''
* Subfamily:
Requieniinae
** Genus: ''
Apricardia''
** Genus: ''
Bayleia''
** Genus: ''
Bayleoidea''
** Genus: ''
Pseudotoucasia''
** Genus: ''
Requienia''
** Genus: ''
Toucasia''
References
Prehistoric bivalve families
Hippuritida
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