| Cladiscites Temporal range: Carnian–Rhaetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Polished fossil shell of Cladiscites species from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Family: | Cladiscitidae |
| Genus: | Cladiscites de Haan (1825) |
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Cladiscites is an extinct genus of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.
Description
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.
Distribution
Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Hungary, Italy, Oman, Tajikistan, United States and the East Indies.
References
- Notes
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "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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