Kingdom Animalia Family Vascoceratidae Rank Genus Subclass Ammonites | Superfamily Acanthocerataceae Phylum Mollusca Order Ammonitida | |
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Similar Ammonites, Gleviceras, Dipoloceras, Euhoplites, Gravesia | ||
Fagesia is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of Fagesia is about 9.5 cm (3.47 in) in diameter, typically with blunt umbilical tubercles from which spring 2 or three ribs each, but which are lost in the late growth stage. The suture is ammonitic with long spikey lobes and saddles with rounded subelements.
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