Pachysphinctes
| Pachysphinctes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Fossil of Pachysphinctes adelus from Jurassic of Russia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Perisphinctidae |
| Genus: | †Pachysphinctes Dietrich 1925 |
Pachysphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[1]
Fossil record
[edit]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
[edit]- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database
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