Cheltonia
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Cheltonia is an extinct genus of ammonite from the Upper Sinemurian substage of Lower Jurassic of Europe, Africa,[2] and America.[citation needed] It is probably a microconch of genus Oxynoticeras.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Oxynoticeratidae |
| Genus: | †Cheltonia Buckman, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Ammonites accipitris Buckman, 1844 | |
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Description
Ammonites belonging to this genus had small platyconic shell, on which the last whorl has been eccentrically coiled. Ventral rostrum could be preceded by 3 to 5 crawlings. Umbilicus took about 30—40% of diameter. Ribs were falcoid and weak. Suture has been the same as in the case of young Oxynoticeras.[1]
