Alloclionites

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Alloclionites
Temporal range: Triassic
Fossil
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Clionitidae
Genus: Alloclionites
Spath, 1951

Alloclionites is a genus of extinct ammonoid cephalopods within the family Clionitidae which is part of the ceratitid superfamily Clydonitaceae. Alloclionites comes from the Upper Triassic of the Alps, Balkans, Himalayas, Timor, and British Columbia and is recognized by its many tubercles which tend to diminish on the body chamber.

References[]

  • Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part L, Ammonoidea; Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas Press. p L160 and rel.
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