Biology:Epicephalites
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
| Epicephalites Temporal range: U Jurassic
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">Epicephalites Spath, 1928
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Epicephalites is a perisphictid ammonite, included in the subfamily Aulacostephaninae, from the Upper Jurassic of New Zealand and Mexico, related to Involuticeras. Its shell is involute, whorls inflated with a deep umbilicus. The outer half including the venter is ribbed, the inner half is smooth.
References
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957), Mesozoic Ammonoidea. p. 327.
Wikidata ☰ Q5382562 entry
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