Schizodus
is an extinct genus of shallow marine clams. It lived from the
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
to
Early Jurassic periods.
''Schizodus'' is the exemplar of
schizodonts, clams having reverse V-shaped scissurate hinge teeth, and often an elongated lateral tooth.
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Bivalves described in 1844
Trigoniida
Prehistoric bivalve genera
Permian bivalves
Carboniferous bivalves
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