Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Order Goniatitida Rank Genus | Phylum Mollusca Subclass Ammonoidea Suborder Goniatitina | |
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Quinnites is a genus of gonititid ammonites included in the gastrioceratacean family Reticuloceratidae known from the Carboniferous of the state of Arkansas, USA.
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Description
Quinnites can be recognized by its thickly discoidal shell with a wide umbilicus and double pronged ventral lobe with a midian saddle about half as high as the entire lobe. Umbilical ribs are common. May have spiral ornamentation, constrictions, or ventral groove.
Taxonomy
Quinnites, named by Manger and Saunders 1980, contains two species, Quinnites henbesti and Quinnites textum, both remeoved from Gastrioceras (Branneroceras).
References
Quinnites Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA