Austrotrachyceras
| Austrotrachyceras Temporal range: Carnian[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | Clydonitaceae |
| Family: | Trachyceratidae |
| Genus: | Austrotrachyceras Krystyn, 1978 |
| Species [2] | |
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Austrotrachyceras is a genus belonging to the extinct subclass of cephalopods known as ammonites. Specifically it belongs in the order Ceratitida.
The family to which Austrotrachyceras belongs, the Trachyceratidae, has more or less involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ Paleobiology Database - Austrotrachyceras. 2014-05-29.
- Bibliography
- Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
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