Beneckeia
| Beneckeia Temporal range: Early - Middle Triassic
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Subclass: | Ammonoidea
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| Genus: | Beneckeia Mojsisovics 1882
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Beneckeia is a genus of Lower to Middle Triassic ammonites included in the ceratitid family found e.g. in Germany, Poland, and Israel. Beneckeia shells are compressed smooth oxycones, involute with sharp venters. Sutures are multilobed with small adventitious lobes.
References[]
- Arkell, W.J, et al, 1957. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Mollusca 4; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Beneckeia Paleobiology Database 14 Mar 2013.
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- Triassic ammonites
- Ceratitida genera
- Ammonites of Europe
- Early Triassic genus first appearances
- Middle Triassic genus extinctions
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