Oecotraustes

Oecotraustes; Temporal range: Bajocian–Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Family:	Oppeliidae
Genus:	Oecotraustes

Oecotraustes is an extinct cephalopod genus included in the ammonid family Oppeliidae and named by Waagen^[who?] in 1869. The genus lived during the Middle Jurassic.^[1]

Description[]

The shell of Oecotraustes is evolute, the outer whorl only moderately embracing the inner whorls, laterally compressed whorl height greater than width. Outer flanks and venter ribbed, ribs sinuous.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution[]

Fossils of Oecotraustes species have been found in Jurassic sediments of Germany, India, Madagascar, Spain, and the United States.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
^ "Fossilworks.org - Oecotraustes". Retrieved 2014-05-28.

W.J. Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America.

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[Sepkoski_Ceph-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2014-05-28.

[fossilworks-2] "Fossilworks.org - Oecotraustes". Retrieved 2014-05-28.

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