Alloclionites
| Alloclionites Temporal range: Triassic | |
|---|---|
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | Clydonitaceae |
| Family: | Clionitidae |
| Genus: | Alloclionites Spath, 1951 |
Alloclionites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus within the family Clionitidae which is part of the ceratitid superfamily Clydonitaceae. Alloclionites comes from the Upper Triassic of the Alps, Balkans, Himalayas, Timor, and British Columbia and is recognized by its many tubercles which tend to diminish on the body chamber.
References
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part L, Ammonoidea; Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press. p L160 and rel.
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