Concavodontinae

Concavodontinae
Temporal range: Caradoc to Ashgill 460.9–443.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Nuculida
Family: †Praenuculidae
Subfamily: †Concavodontinae
Sánchez, 1999
Genera

Concavodontinae is an extinct subfamily of prehistoric bivalves in the family Praenuculidae.[1] Concavodontinae species lived from the middle Ordovician, Caradoc epoch through the late Ordovician Ashgill epoch.[2][3] Concavodontinae fossils are found in Europe and South America,[4] and species are thought to have been stationary attached to substrate in shallow infaunal marine water environments where they formed shells of an aragonite composition.[2] The subfamily Concavodontinae was named by Teresa M. Sánchez in 1999.[4]

  1. ^ Carter, J.G.; et al. (2011). "A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca)" (PDF). Paleontological Contributions. 4: 1–47.
  2. ^ a b The Paleobiology Database Concavodontinae entry accessed 19 January 2012
  3. ^ The Paleobiology Database Concavodonta entry accessed 19 January 2012
  4. ^ a b Sánchez, T.M. (1999). "New Late Ordovician (Early Caradoc) Bivalves from the Sierra de Villicum (Argentine Precordillera)". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (1): 66–76. doi:10.1017/S0022336000027554. JSTOR 1306745. S2CID 133414164.