Biology:Otoites
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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: | †Otoitidae |
| Genus: | †Otoites Mascke, 1907[1] |
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Otoites is the type genus of the ammonite family Otoitidae that live during the Middle Jurassic.[2][3]
The Otoitidae, which is part of the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea, are part of the well known subclass of prehistoric cephalopods known in general terms as ammonites[3]
Otoites is characterized by barrel-shaped, cadiconic, inner whorls and contracted last whorl; coarse ribs with long secondaries that come off of low lateral tubercles; and lappets flanking the aperture. [3]
Distribution
The Jurassic of Spain [4]
References
- ↑ Dietze, V. (2010). "Rare Middle Jurassic ammonites of the families Erycitidae, Otoitidae and Stephanoceratidae from southern Germany". Zitteliana 50: 71–88. http://rogov.zwz.ru/Dietze%20et%20al,2010.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedSepkoski Ceph - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Arkell et al, 1957; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas press. part L (L232,L287)
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Otoites". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=15314.
Wikidata ☰ Q3726687 entry
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