Pachysphinctes
| Pachysphinctes Temporal range: Jurassic | |
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| Fossil of Pachysphinctes adelus from Jurassic of Russia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Perisphinctoidea |
| Family: | Perisphinctidae |
| Genus: | Pachysphinctes Dietrich 1925 |
Pachysphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[1]
Fossil record
Fossils of Pachysphinctes are found in marine strata of the Jurassic (age range: from 150.8 to 145.5 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities in Antarctica, Cuba, Germany, India, Madagascar and Yemen.[2]
References
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