Orthosphinctes
Orthosphinctes Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1] | |
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Orthosphinctes sp., from Montejunto (Portugal), at the Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Family: | Ataxioceratidae |
Genus: | Orthosphinctes |
Species [2] | |
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Orthosphinctes is a genus of ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida family Ataxioceratidae.
They lived in the late Jurassic period, in the Kimmeridgian age, which occurred 155.7-150.8 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivore.
Fossils distribution
Jurassic of Algeria, France, India, Iran, Italy, Madagascar, Spain, Yemen. [2]
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References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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