Cladiscites
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| Genus: | Cladiscites de Haan (1825)
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Cladiscites is an extinct genus of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores [1] lived during the Triassic, from Carnian to Rhaetian age. [2]
Species
- Cladiscites mendenhalli Smith 1927
- Cladiscites tornatus Hauer 1846
- Cladiscites ungeri Klipstein 1843
Description
Shells of these cephalopods can reach a diameter of about 70–170 centimetres (28–67 in). This genus survived at the extinction event at the end of the Permian. [3]
Distribution
Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Hungary, Italy, Oman, Tajikistan, United States.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
- ^ Museum of Victoria
- James Perrin Smith Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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