Gryphaea
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thumb|350x350px|Silicified Gryphaea sp. from the Lower Jurassic. Le Liquier, Aveyron, France. Max Rouger collection. Gryphaea, one of the genera known as '''devil's toenails''', is a genus of extinct oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.
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- Parent taxon
- Gryphaeidae
- Image
- Gryphaea arcuata fossil oyster (Blue Lias, Lower Jurassic; coastal cliffs near Lyme Regis, far-western Dorset County, southwestern England) 1 (15206675956).jpg
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- 33900000-0
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- Gryphaea
- taxon name
- Gryphaea
- taxon rank
- genus
- start time
- 199600000-
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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thumb|350x350px|Silicified Gryphaea sp. from the Lower Jurassic. Le Liquier, Aveyron, France. Max Rouger collection. Gryphaea, one of the genera known as '''devil's toenails', is a genus of extinct oysters, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Gryphaeidae.
These fossils range from the Triassic period to the middle Paleogene period, but are mostly restricted to the Triassic and Jurassic. They are particularly common in many parts of Britain.
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