Indocephalites
| Indocephalites Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Macrocephalitidae |
| Genus: | †Indocephalites Spath, 1926 |
Indocephalites is a true ammonite (order Ammonitida)[2] and a possible subgenus of Macrocephalites, belonging to the stephanoceratacean family, Macrocephalitidae. Inner whorls form a cadicone (a barrel shape), outer become more compressed and smoother. Ribs are simple, crossing the venter straight and uninterrupted. Pleurocephalites, another possible subgenus of Macrocephalites, is quite similar.
Distribution
[edit]Jurassic deposits of China, France, India and Madagascar
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Indocephalites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- Treatise in Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957), Mesozoic Ammonoidea. p.K294