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Pectinatites

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Ammonites

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Ammonites, Aulacostephanus, Pavlovia, Belemnotheutis, Rasenia

Pectinatites is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonoidea, that lived during the upper Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

Clutches of eggs attributed to this genus have been discovered in the Kimmeridge Clay.

References

Pectinatites Wikipedia