Aulacosphinctoides
| Aulacosphinctoides Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Perisphinctaceae |
| Family: | Perisphinctidae |
| Genus: | Aulacosphinctoides Spath, 1923 |
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Aulacosphinctoides is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod that lived during the Late Jurassic (Late Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian), included in the ammonitid family Perisphinctidae.
The shell of Aulacosphinctoides is evolute, whorls broadly rounded, ribs sigmoid that mostly bifurcate, but often trifurcate, Lappets present. Closely resembles Torquantisphinctes, differing in having more rounded or depressed whorls and more sigmoid and frequently tiplicate ribbing.
The genus Aulacosphinctoideshas been found in Somalia, northern India, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, and Madagascar
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.