| Indocephalites Temporal range: Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Stephanoceratoidea |
| Family: | Macrocephalitidae |
| Genus: | Indocephalites Spath, 1926 |
Indocephalites is a true ammonite (order Ammonitida) 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
Jurassic deposits of China, France, India and Madagascar
References
- 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
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Indocephalites | |