Astieridiscus

Genus of molluscs (fossil) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Astieridiscus is an extinct lower Cretaceous ammonite. Its shell evolute, covered by dense, simple or branching, slightly flexuous ribs. The sides are slightly flattened, the venter rounded. No umbilical or other tubercles except on innermost whorl. Superficially resembles Olcostephanus.[2]

Phylum:Mollusca
Subclass:Ammonoidea
Order:Ammonitida
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Astieridiscus
Temporal range: Barremian[1]
Astieridiscus cadoceroides (Karakasch) Barremian, Razgrad, (Coll. V. Tzankov) at the Sofia University Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Holcodiscidae
Genus: Astieridiscus
Kilian, 1910
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