Telodactylites
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| Telodactylites Temporal range: [1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Dactylioceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nodicoeloceratinae |
| Genus: | †Telodactylites Pinna et Levi-Setti, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Peronoceras eucosmus Lippi-Boncambi, 1947 | |
| Species | |
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Telodactylites, which is sometimes considered to be a synonym of Porpoceras[2] is genus of ammonite that lived during Toarcian stage (Gradatus ammonite Zone) of early Jurassic. Their fossils were found in Europe, northern Africa and South America. It has probably evolved from Mesodactylites.[1]
