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Pachysphinctes

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Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Pachysphinctes
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian Preκž’ κž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Pachysphinctes adelus from Jurassic of Russia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Perisphinctidae
Genus: Pachysphinctes
Dietrich 1925

Pachysphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.

Fossil record

Fossils of Pachysphinctes are found in marine strata of the Jurassic (age range: from 150.8 to 145.5 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities in Antarctica, Cuba, Germany, India, Madagascar and Yemen.

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. The Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Pachysphinctes


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