Aulatornoceras

Aulatornoceras
Temporal range: 383.7–376.1 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Subclass:†Ammonoidea
Order:†Goniatitida
Family:†Tornoceratidae
Subfamily:†Aulatornoceratinae
Genus:†Aulatornoceras
Schindewolf, 1922
Species
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Aulatornoceras is a genus belonging to the subfamily Aulatornoceratinae, a member of the Goniatitida, an extinct order of shelled cephalopods included in the Ammonoidea.[1] Aulatornoceras, which has been considered a subgenus of Tornoceras has ventro-lateral grooves. As with Tornoceras, the suture forms six lobes. The shell itself is involute.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Aulatornoceras entry at The Paleobiology Database accessed 10 July 2012
  2. ↑ 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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