Discoscaphites
Discoscaphites Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian[1] | |
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Discoscaphites iris, Owl Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Ripley, Mississippi. | |
Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Genus: | Discoscaphites |
Species [2] | |
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Discoscaphites is an extinct genus of ammonite.
Distribution
Cretaceous of Greenland, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming,[2] and North Carolina[3]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Discoscaphites". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ Chandler and Timmerman, Richard and John (2014). Fossil Mollusks - Volume II of IV. North Carolina: North Carolina Fossil Club. p. 20.
- Web Links
- "Spectacularly Blood Red Discoscaphites Fox Hills Ammonite". The Virtual Fossil Museum. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
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