Pachysphinctes

Pachysphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[1]

Pachysphinctes
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1]
Fossil of Pachysphinctes adelus from Jurassic of Russia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Perisphinctidae
Genus:
Pachysphinctes

Dietrich 1925

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. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. The Paleobiology Database


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