Clymeniidae
Appearance
Clymeniidae Temporal range: Devonian,
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Fossil shell of Clymenia laevigata, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
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Family: | Clymeniidae Edwards 1849
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Clymeniidae is a family in the ammonoid order Clymeniida. It is characterized by a dorsal siphuncle that runs along the inside of the whorls, unusual for ammonoids.
Genera
[edit]- Aktuboclymenia Bogoslovsky 1979
- Clymenia Münster, 1834
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Devonian of Australia.
References
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