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Eotetragonites
Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Eotetragonites species
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Gaudryceratidae
Genus: †Eotetragonites
Breistroffer, 1947

Eotetragonites is an extinct genus of ammonite.

Eotetragonites is considered by some authors a subgenus of Eogaudryceras.

Species

Species within this genus include:

  • Eotetragonites duvali (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny ) †
  • Eotetragonites raspaili Breistroffer, 1947 †
  • Eotetragonites rossmatteliformis
  • Eotetragonites umbilicostriatum Collignon 1949

Fossil record

The fossil record of this genus dates back to the Cretaceous (age range: from 112.6 to 99.7million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Egypt, France, Madagascar, South Africa and United States (California). These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database
  3. E. duvali at WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  4. E. raspaili at WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  5. Youtube

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