Biology:Emileia

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Emileia
Temporal range: Bajocian[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Otoitidae
Genus: Emileia
Buckman, 1898[2]
Species
  • Emileia brocchii
  • Emileia contrahens
  • Emileia dundriensis

Emileia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil cephalopods, the ammonites, that lived during the early part of the Bajocian.[1]

Emileiais a large form with fine ribbing that includes may secondaries. It begins as a barrel shaped cadicone, with an eccentric, more or less smooth body chamber.[3]

Emileia is included in the family Otoitidae and superfamily Stephanoceratoidea of the Ammonitina[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5371612 entry