Vredenburgites

Vredenburgites
Temporal range: Upper Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Genus: Vredenburgites
Diener 1916

Vredenburgites is a genus of ceratitids in the family Trachyceratidae. Its shell has numerous, thin, flexious ribs.

Related genera include Anasirenites, Sirenites, and Wangoceras.

References

    • Arkell, et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Geological Society of America. 1957.
    • Sirentitinae at Paleodb
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