The Inoceramidae are an extinct family of bivalves ("clams") in the Class Mollusca. Fossils of inoceramids are found in marine sediments of Permian to latest Cretaceous in age. …

Inoceramus (Greek: translation "strong pot") is an extinct genus of fossil marine pteriomorphian bivalves that superficially resembled the related winged pearly oysters of the extant genus …

Apr 30, 2021 · Inoceramids are bivalves related to living clams and mussels and are one of the most common marine fossils of the Late Cretaceous. Large, diverse groups of Inoceramids …

Inoceramids: Some species of clams (bivalves) grew to giant size in the late Cretaceous, attaining diameters of four feet or more. In cross section, these shells are composed of prismatic …

Inoceramids: Some species of clams (bivalves) grew to giant size in the late Cretaceous, attaining diameters of four feet or more. In cross section, these shells are composed of prismatic …

Inoceramus, genus of extinct pelecypods (clams) found as fossils in Jurassic to Cretaceous rocks (laid down between 199.6 million and 65.5 million years ago). Especially important and …

Feb 11, 2014 · Inoceramus is the largest known bivalve clam in the fossil record. It is thought that it grew so large so that it could have a larger gill area to cope with oxygen deficient waters. …

Feb 24, 2015 · Inoceramus, genus of extinct pelecypods (clams) found as fossils in Jurassic to Cretaceous rocks (laid down between 199.6 million and 65.5 million years ago). Especially …

This paper documents the taxonomy of the inoceramids in the Kuskokwim Group, develops an inoceramid biostratigraphy based on known ranges in other regions, and analyzes …

Key morphological features: Shells are elongated and almost all inoceramids are smooth, but with various shapes. Due to their abundance during the Late Cretaceous, they likely were an …

Inoceramids became dominant elements of many level-bottom communities, and they achieved global dispersion during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, especially during intervals of restricted …

May 20, 2016 · There have been several documented examples of non-predatory borings in inoceramids likely made post mortem by organisms such as bryozoans (Morris, 1990) and …

Geniculation, the abrupt change in convexity/inflation of the valve disc, occurs in many inoceramids and has been recognized for decades. But despite extensive inoceramid …

Jan 20, 2019 · Well-developed muscle scars and associated thickened myostracum preserved in the umbones of phosphatized Gnesioceramus anglicus (Woods) provide insights into the …

Sep 15, 2009 · Albian and Upper Cretaceous inoceramids had the poiriform calcite hinge plate with closely spaced resiliifers that is widely associated with this extinct bivalve family. The …

Apr 9, 1994 · The clams, known as inoceramids, thrived for about 200 million years in deep waters. But nearly all existing species became extinct in the late Cretaceous, during the middle …

Aug 8, 2008 · Demerara Rise inoceramids also exhibit well-defined, regularly spaced growth lines that are tracked by δ 13 C and δ 18 O variations in shell carbonate that cannot be simply …

Oct 1, 2024 · Inoceramus (Greek: translation "strong pot") is an extinct genus of fossil marine pteriomorphian bivalves that superficially resembled the related winged pearly oysters of the …

Aug 8, 2008 · The inoceramids (thin, white bands in the core sample) represent brief geochemical events (years to decades) in which dysoxic conditions established and permitted benthic fauna …

Dec 22, 2018 · The inoceramids present are Tethyoceramus madagascariensis (Heinz, 1933) and Cremnoceramus deformis erectus (Meek, 1877), recorded for the first time from the region.