Craspedodiscus (cephalopod)
Craspedodiscus Temporal range: mLCretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Superfamily: | Perisphinctaceae |
Family: | Olcostephanitidae |
Genus: | Craspedodiscus Spath, 1924 |
Craspedodiscus, named by Spath in 1924, is a cephalopod genus in the ammonite superfamily Perisphinctaceae from the mid Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian) of Northern Europe and Siberia that lived some 125 Ma.
Craspedodiscus is discoidal with laterally compressed whorls and a narrowly rounded venter, covered with fine ribbing. It is placed in the subfamily Simbirskitinae in the family Olcostephanitidae.
References
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea ; Geological Society of America and Univ of Kansas press, 5th printing, 1990. (p. L350)
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