Biology:Brotheotrachyceras

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Brotheotrachyceras
Temporal range: Carnian
Trachyceras Brotheotrachyceras brotheus.jpg
Brotheotrachyceras brotheus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Genus: Brotheotrachyceras
Urlichs 1994
Species[1]
  • B. brotheus Munster 1834
  • B. difforme Munster 1834

Brotheotrachyceras is a genus of ammonite cephalopod belonging to the order Ceratitida. It was living during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic Epoch.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag has more or less involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.

References

Bibliography

  • E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322
  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. 

Wikidata ☰ Q23840996 entry