Barremitinae
Extinct Ammonoidea family
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Barremitinae is a subfamily belonging to the Ammonoidea subclass.[3][4][5]
| Barremitinae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Barremites difficilis hemiptychus, Kilian, 1913 found in Brestak, Varna (region), on display at the Sofia University Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology, Bulgaria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Desmoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Barremitinae Breskovski, 1977 |
| Genera[2] | |
Description
Whorl section in this group ranges from more or less circular through rectangular to oxyconic. Ribbing, if present, is weak. Suture is relatively simple, without markedly retracted suspensive lobe.
This animal lived during the Lower Cretaceous, from Upper Valanginian to Upper Barremian.
