Arctotirolites

Arctotirolites
Fossil specimen, Geological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ceratitida
Family: †Xenodiscidae
Genus: †Arctotirolites
Popov 1963
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudotirolites Popov, 1962

Arctotirolites is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the ammonite subclass. It was described by Popov in 1963, based on a single specimen found in the Olenyok River basin, in the Olenikites zone of northern Siberia.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Arctotirolites". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ Kummel, Bernhard (September 27, 1968). "Ammonoids of the Late Scythian (Lower Triassic)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 137 (3). Harvard University: 477.


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