Kingdom Animalia Family Dorsoplanitidae Rank Genus | Class Cephalopoda Phylum Mollusca Order Ammonites | |
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Similar Ammonites, Titanites giganteus, Parapuzosia, Parapuzosia seppenradensis, Craspedites | ||
Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the upper Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic.
Description
Species of the genus Titanites can reach large sizes, with a diameter of about 1.37 m for Titanites occidentalis. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
References
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