Kranaosphinctes

Kranaosphinctes
Temporal range: Oxfordian[1]
Kranaosphinctes species from Madagascar, Oxfordian stage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Perisphinctidae
Genus:
Kranaosphinctes

Buckman, 1921

Kranaosphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[2] Some authors consider Kranaosphinctes a subgenus of the genus Perisphinctes. [3]

Fossil record

Fossils of Kranaosphinctes are found in marine strata of the Upper Jurassic (age range: from 161.2 to 155.7 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities of Europe, Argentina, India and Madagascar.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Kranaosphinctes Buckman, 1921 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. Archived from the original on 2017-05-11.
  3. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Kranaosphinctes". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  4. ^ "Fig. 5. P. (Otosphinctes) and P. (Kranaosphinctes) from the Dimmocks".
  5. ^ Głowniak, Ewa (2002). "The ammonites of the family Perisphinctidae from the Plicatilis Zone (Lower Middle Oxfordian) of the Polish Jura Chain (Central Poland); their taxonomy, phylogeny and biostratigraphy". Acta Geologica Polonica. 52 (3): 307–364.


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