Oxycerites

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Oxycerites
Fossil range: Jurassic[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Genus: Oxycerites

Oxycerites is an extinct genus from a well known class of fossil cephalopods, the ammonites. It lived during the Jurassic Period[1], which lasted from approximately 200 to 145 million years ago.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 


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