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Melonites

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Dimeroceratoidea

Subfamily
  
Raymondiceratinae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Ammonites

Suborder
  
Tornoceratina

Family
  
Cheiloceratidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Goniatite

Melonites is genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the Cheiloceratidae family. Species belonging to this genus lived in late Devonian (Famennian). Same generic name has also been used for genus of echinoid named Melonites .

  • Melonites globosus Bogoslovskii, 1971: ca 370.0 - 366.8 mya of Kazakhstan (South Urals). This is actually only member of this genus.

    • Sometimes, more species were added into this genus:

  • Melonites insulcatus ?= Prolobites? insulcatus
  • Melonites multisulcatus ?= Prolobites multisulcatus

    • References

    Melonites Wikipedia
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