Austrotrachyceras

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Austrotrachyceras
Temporal range: Carnian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Subfamily: Trachyceratinae
Genus: Austrotrachyceras
Krystyn, 1978
Species[2]
  • Austrotrachyceras obesum

Austrotrachyceras is a genus of ammonite cephalopod, belonging to the order Ceratitida. The family to which Austrotrachyceras belongs, Trachyceratidae involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. Paleobiology Database - Austrotrachyceras. 2014-05-29.

Bibliography

Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.