Kranaosphinctes
Kranaosphinctes | |
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Kranaosphinctes species from Madagascar, Oxfordian stage | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Family: | Perisphinctidae |
Genus: | Kranaosphinctes Buckman, 1921 |
Kranaosphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[2] Some authors consider Kranaosphinctes a subgenus of the genus Perisphinctes. [3]
Fossil record
Fossils of Kranaosphinctes are found in marine strata of the Upper Jurassic (age range: from 161.2 to 155.7 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities of Europe, Argentina, India and Madagascar.[3]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ↑ GBIF
- 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Kranaosphinctes". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
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