Pachysphinctes
Pachysphinctes | |
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Fossil of Pachysphinctes adelus from Jurassic of Russia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Family: | Perisphinctidae |
Genus: | Pachysphinctes Dietrich 1925 |
Pachysphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[1]
Fossil record
Fossils of Pachysphinctes are found in marine strata of the Jurassic (age range: from 150.8 to 145.5 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities in Antarctica, Cuba, Germany, India, Madagascar and Yemen.[2]
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database
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