Ankinatsytes

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Ankinatsytes is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. The ammonite is from the Late Cretaceous of Colombia (Loma Gorda Formation) and Venezuela (La Luna Formation).[2][3]

Phylum:Mollusca
Subclass:Ammonoidea
Order:Ammonitida
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Ankinatsytes
Temporal range: Coniacian
~89.3–85.8 Ma[1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Family: Nostoceratidae
Genus: Ankinatsytes
Collignon 1965
Species
  • A. venezolanus
  • A. yabei
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Species

The following species have been described:[4]

  • Ankinatsytes venezolanus
  • Ankinatsytes yabei

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