Arniotites
| Arniotites Temporal range: Sinemurian[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | ?Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Psilocerataceae |
| Family: | Arietitidae |
| Genus: | Arniotites Whiteaves, 1889 |
Arniotites is an Early Jurassic ammonite genus that belongs to the ammonitid family Arietitidae. Named by Whiteaves in 1889, Arniotites is evolute. Inner whorls are smooth, middle and outer whorls have blunt primary ribs that end abruptly at the ventral shoulder or at ventro-lateral tubercles. The venter (outer rim) is keeled.
Arniotites has been found in Canada.
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.
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