Pectinatites
| Pectinatites Temporal range: Tithonian, 149.3–149 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| P. groenlandicus in Geological Museum, Copenhagen | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Ammonoidea |
| Genus: | Pectinatites Arkell (1947) |
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Pectinatites is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonoidea, that lived during the upper Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic.[1] They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.[2]
Clutches of eggs attributed to this genus have been discovered in the Kimmeridge Clay.[3]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Etches, S.; Clarke, J.; Callomon, J. (2009). "Ammonite eggs and ammonitellae from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England". Lethaia. 42 (2): 204–217. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00133.x.
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