Schizodus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of bivalves}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Geological range|Silurian|Late Permian}} | taxon = Schizodus | authority = King, 1844 }}

'''Schizodus'''<ref>{{cite journal|first=W. |last=King |year=1844 |title=On a new genus of Paleozoic shells |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |series=Series 1 |volume=14 |issue=92 |pages=313–317|doi=10.1080/037454809495183 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/38154 }}</ref> is an extinct genus of shallow marine clams. It lived from the Silurian to Late Permian periods.<ref>{{cite journal|first=N.D.& D.W. |last=Newell & Boyd |year=1975 |title=Parallel evolution in early Trigoniacean bivalves |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=154 |issue=2 |pages=55–162 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/166409 }}</ref>

''Schizodus'' represents the primitive stage of schizodonts, clams having reverse V-shaped scissurate hinge teeth (still triangular in Schizodus), and often an elongated lateral tooth.<ref>{{cite journal|first=N.D.& D.W. |last=Newell & Boyd |year=1975 |title=Parallel evolution in early Trigoniacean bivalves |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume=154 |issue=2 |pages=55–162 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/166409 }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{fossilworks|id=17279|title=Schizodus|access-date=2020-06-08}} * {{Britannica |id=666001 |title=Schizodus }}

Category:Bivalves described in 1844 Category:Trigoniida Category:Prehistoric bivalve genera Category:Permian bivalves Category:Carboniferous bivalves