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Hippurites

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Hippurites
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Hippurites sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Hippuritida
Family: Hippuritidae
Genus: Hippurites
Lamarck 1801

Hippurites is an extinct genus of rudist bivalve mollusc from the Late Cretaceous of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

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