Titanosarcolites is a genus of giant rudist bivalve from the Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Jamaica, Southeastern Mexico and the Southern US. It belonged to the now extinct family known as Caprinidae, a group that went extinct during the KT extinction event, 66 MYA. Titanosarcolites was one of the last members of this group. There were several species, including T. alatus, T. giganteus, T. macgillavryi and T. oddsensis.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | †Hippuritida |
| Family: | †Caprinidae |
| Genus: | †Titanosarcolites Trechmann, 1924 |
Description edit
Titanosarcolites was rather large, perhaps being 2 meters in overall size at its largest.[3]
References edit
- ^ "†Titanosarcolites Trechmann 1924 (rudist)". PBDB.org.
- ^ Steuber, Thomas; Mitchell, Simon F.; Buhl, Dieter; Gunter, Gavin; Kasper, Haino U. (November 2002). "Catastrophic extinction of Caribbean rudist bivalves at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary". pubs.geoscienceworld.org. Geology. p. 999. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0999:CEOCRB>2.0.CO;2. Archived from the original on June 2, 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life". PLoS.
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