Biology:Karapadites
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Kossmaticeratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Kossmaticeratinae |
| Genus: | †Karapadites |
Karapadites is an extinct ammonoid genus belonging to the desmoceratacean family Kossmaticeratidae and considered by some to be a subgenus of Kossmaticeras.
Karapadites (=K(Karapadites)) which lived during the Late Cretaceous in the late Campanian has a strongly ribbed evolute shell, all whorls exposed, ribs crossing the rounded outer rim, or venter.
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Arkell, et al. 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, L374; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L (Ammonoidea); Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press.
Wikidata ☰ Q6368564 entry
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