Bistrialites

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Bistrialites
Temporal range: Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
Superfamily:
Clydonautilaceae
Family:
Genus:
Bistrialites

Turner, 1954

Bistrialites is an involute, globose Clydonautilacean belonging to the Liroceratidae with a reniform whorl section, large funnel shaped umbilicus, smooth surface except for spiral ornament in the region of the umbilical shoulder. Bistrialites comes from the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) of Europe.

References[]

  • Bernhard Kummel, 1964. Nautiloidea – Nautilida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part K. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas press, R.C. Moore (ed.) -- Liroceratidae K444 -K447.
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