Titanites
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the late Tithonian of the Late Jurassic.[1] Its fossils have been found in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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| Titanites giganteus – Jurassic from Dorset England, c. 147 Ma, at the Natural History Museum | |
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| Family: | Dorsoplanitidae |
| Genus: | Titanites S.S. Buckman 1921 |
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Description
Species of the genus Titanites can reach large sizes, with a diameter over 60 centimetres (2.0 ft) for Titanites giganteus and 90 centimetres (3.0 ft) for T. anguiformis.[2] Much larger species, Titanites occidentalis with estimated diameter about 137 centimetres (4.49 ft) is reassigned to genus Corbinites.[3] They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
