Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Phylloceratinae Rank Genus Subclass Ammonites | Family Phylloceratidae Phylum Mollusca Order Ammonitida | |
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Similar Ammonites, Pseudothurmannia, Phylloceras, Puzosia, Pleuroceras solare | ||
Phyllopachyceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Phylloceratidae. These nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous, from Hauterivian to Maastrichtian to age.
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Species
Description
Shells of Phyllopachyceras can reach a diameter of about 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in). On the external surface ribs are alternately short and long and sutures show a high complexity, with saddle endings perfectly quadruple (tetraphillic). The section of the shell is quite thick.
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous of Antarctica, Argentina, Austria, China, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Spain, Ukraine and United States.
References
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