Funiferites
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| Funiferites Temporal range: [1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Cardioceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cadoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Funiferites Kiselev et al., 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Ammonites funiferus Phillips, 1829 | |
| Species | |
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Funiferites is genus of ammonite that lived during end of middle and in upper Callovian stage of middle Jurassic.[1]
Ammonites of this genus had large shells. At the beginning of this evolutionary lineage, cross sectio. of shell was highly oval with rounded venter. Later, it has changed into subtriangular, or keeled. Ribs are curved sinusoidally and they are bending on the venter. During ontogeny, ribs are beginning to disappear from the sides. They are lasting the longest on the venter, mostly in the case of keeled specimens.[1]
Evolution
Genus Funiferites is a single evolutionary lineage. Its predecessor is Longaeviceras alpha. This gave rise to F. allae that evolved into F. patruus. Descendant of that one is F. funiferi.[2]
