Dobrogeites
| Dobrogeites Temporal range: Anisian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Family: | †Megaphyllitidae |
| Genus: | †Dobrogeites Kittle, 1908 |
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Dobrogeites is an Early Jurassic ammonoid from the order Ceratitida, included in the family Megaphyllitidae that produced evolute compressed planispiral shells with rounded venters, inner whorls ornamented as in Tirolites, outer whorls smooth, suture with multiple smooth lobes; Initially found in Anisian (lower Triassic) sediments in Romania.
The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L put Dobrogeites in the Ceratitacean family Aplococeratidae. E.T. Tozer in 1981 includes the genus in the Megaphyllitidae, uniting it with Megaphyllites, Metasturia, and Nitanoceras.
References
- 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.
- Paleobiology Database Dobrogeites entry 30 November 2011
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