Caprina
For the genus of moths, see Caprinia.
| Caprina Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140.2–70.6Ma | |
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| Fossil shell of Caprina adversa from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Hippuritoida |
| Family: | Caprinidae |
| Genus: | Caprina d'Orbigny, 1822 |
Caprina is a genus of rudists, a group of marine heterodont bivalves belonging to the family Caprinidae.[2]
These stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeders lived in the Cretaceous period, from 140.2 to 70.6 Ma. [1] The rudists went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous, apparently as a result of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, Japan. Cuba, Mexico and United States. [1]