Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Family Perisphinctidae | Phylum Mollusca Order Ammonitida | |
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Genus Kranaosphinctes
Buckman, 1921 Similar Kossmaticeras, Hammatoceras, Lytoceras cornucopia, Kosmoceras spinosum, Lissoceras | ||
Kranaosphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.
Some authors consider Kranaosphinctes a subgenus of the genus Perisphinctes.
Fossil record
Fossils of Kranaosphinctes are found in marine strata of the Upper Jurassic (age range: from 161.2 to 155.7 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities of Europe, Argentina, India and Madagascar.
References
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