Schlotheimia
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Schlotheimia depressa from Germany | |
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Genus: | Schlotheimia Bayle, 1878
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Schlotheimia is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea that lived during the Hettangian stage at the beginning of the Early Jurassic.[2]
Description[]
The shell, or conch, of Schlotheimia rather evolute, coiled with all whorls exposed and only slightly embracing. The umbilicus is perforate as with more finely ribbed Angulaticeras. whorls are compressed, bearing ribs that cross the venter in chevrons, less developed in
Distribution[]
Fossils of Schlotheimia species have been found in Lower Jurassic rocks of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.[1]
References[]
Further reading[]
- W. J. Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
Categories:
- Schlotheimiidae
- Ammonitida genera
- Jurassic ammonites
- Ammonites of Asia
- Jurassic Asia
- Jurassic ammonites of Europe
- Jurassic Italy
- Jurassic ammonites of North America
- Jurassic Canada
- Jurassic United States
- Ammonites of South America
- Jurassic Argentina
- Ammonitina stubs