Pachysphinctes

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

Pachysphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[1]

Phylum:Mollusca
Subclass:Ammonoidea
Order:Ammonitida
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Pachysphinctes
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian[1]
Fossil of Pachysphinctes adelus from Jurassic of Russia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Perisphinctidae
Genus: Pachysphinctes
Dietrich 1925
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Fossil record

Fossils of Pachysphinctes are found in marine strata of the Jurassic (age range: from 150.8 to 145.5 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities in Antarctica, Cuba, Germany, India, Madagascar and Yemen.[2]

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