Cladiscites
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| Genus: | Cladiscites de Haan (1825)
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Cladiscites is an extinct genus of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores [2] lived during the Triassic, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.[1]
Description
[edit]Shells of these cephalopods can reach a diameter of about 70–170 centimetres (28–67 in). This genus survived at the extinction event at the end of the Permian.[3]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Hungary, Italy, Oman, Tajikistan, United States[2] and the East Indies.
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b c "Paleobiology Database - Cladiscites". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ Museum of Victoria
- Weblinks
- James Perrin Smith Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
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