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Mazapilitinae

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Mazapilitinae
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Oppeliidae
Subfamily: Mazapilitinae
Spath, 1928
Genera

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Mazapilitinae is a subfamily of Upper Jurassic ammonites included in the Oppeliidae. Shells are involute; venter rounded or gently tabulate; ribbing coarse, fold-like, branching.[1]

Genera include Mazapilites, Submazapilites, and Eurynoticeras, which have been found in Kimmeridgian age marine sediments in southern Europe and Mexico.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b W.J. Arkell et al., 1957 Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.