Biology:Orthosphinctes
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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| Orthosphinctes sp., from Montejunto (Portugal), at the Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Ataxioceratidae |
| Genus: | †Orthosphinctes Schindewolf, 1925 |
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Orthosphinctes is a genus of ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida family Ataxioceratidae.
They lived in the late Jurassic period, in the Kimmeridgian age, which occurred 155.7-152.1 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivore.
Fossils distribution
Jurassic of Algeria, France , India , Iran, Italy, Madagascar , Spain , Yemen.[1]
Gallery
Orthosphinctes colubrinus, from Mount Lochen near Balingen, Germany
Orthosphinctes pseudoachilles, from Treuchtlingen, Germany
References
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Wikidata ☰ Q7104924 entry
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