Biology:Actinocamax
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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs
Actinocamax | |
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Actinocamax plenus, Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Superorder: | †Belemnoidea |
Genus: | †Actinocamax Miller 1823 |
Actinocamax (from Greek: ἀκτίς aktís, 'ray' and Greek: κάμαξ camax 'stake')[1] is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods.[2]
See also
- Belemnite
- List of belemnites
References
- ↑ Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 3. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
Wikidata ☰ Q4676914 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinocamax.
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