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Kranaosphinctes

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Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Kranaosphinctes
Temporal range: Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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. Some authors consider Kranaosphinctes a subgenus of the genus Perisphinctes.

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.

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. ^ "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.
Taxon identifiers
Kranaosphinctes


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