Kingdom Animalia Family Schlotheimiidae Rank Genus Subclass Ammonites | Superfamily Psiloceratoidea Phylum Mollusca Order Ammonitida | |
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Similar Ammonites, Tragophylloceras, Virgatites, Reineckeia, Psiloceras | ||
Schlotheimia is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea that lived during the Hettangian stage at the beginning of the Early Jurassic.
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Description
The shell, or conch, of Schlotheimia rather evolute, coiled with all whorls exposed and only slightly embracing. The umbilicus is perforate as with more finely ribbed Angulaticeras. whorls are compressed, bearing ribs that cross the venter in chevrons, less developed in Sulciferites
Distribution
Fossils of Schlotheimia species have been found in Lower Jurassic rocks of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.
References
Schlotheimia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA