Rhacophyllites
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Rhacophyllites is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the family Discophyllitidae.[1][2] These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.[3]
| Rhacophyllites Temporal range: Upper Triassic, | |
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| Rhacophyllites debilis from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Discophyllitidae |
| Genus: | †Rhacophyllites Zittel, 1884 |
Species
- Rhacophyllites debilis Hauer, 1846
- Rhacophyllites kavasensis Kovacs, 1942[2]
