Alsatites

Alsatites; Temporal range: Hettangian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Alsatites proaries
Conservation status
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Psiloceratoidea
Family:	Arietitidae
Genus:	Alsatites; Haug 1894

Alsatites is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. They lived during the Early Jurassic, Hettangian till the Sinemurian and are generally extremely evolute, many whorled. Keel broad and blunt organisms, they also exhibit a primary ribbing which is close and persistent.^[2]

References[]

Notes

^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
^ "Paleobiology Database - Alsatites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.

Bibliography

Arkell, et al.,1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Ammonoidea). Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press, Revised 2013, Part L, Michale K. Howarth
Moore, Raymond C (1957). Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology. Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America, University of Kansas. p. L235. ISBN 0-8137-3112-7.

External links[]

Blog post about Hettangian ammonites by Peter Reiter

[Sepkoski_Ceph-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.

[paleodb-2] "Paleobiology Database - Alsatites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.

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