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Ataxioceratidae

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
Order
  
Superfamily
  
Perisphinctaceae

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Family

Subclass
  
Ammonites

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Ammonites, Orthosphinctes, Aspidoceratidae, Ammonitida, Neocomitidae

Ataxioceratidae is an extinct Ammonite cephalopod genus included in the superfamily Perisphinctaceae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

  • Catutosphinctes
  • Choicensisphinctes
  • Katroliceras
  • Lithacoceras
  • Lithacosphinctes
  • Orthosphinctes
  • Distribution

    Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Yemen, as well as in Jurassic sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Canada, China, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Madagascar, Nepal, Somalia, Spain, United States.

    References

    Ataxioceratidae Wikipedia


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