Biology:Pachysphinctes

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Pachysphinctes
Perisphinctidae - Pachysphinctes adelus.JPG
Fossil of Pachysphinctes adelus from Jurassic of Russia
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Pachysphinctes

Dietrich 1925

Pachysphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[1]

Fossil record

Fossils of Pachysphinctes are found in marine strata of the Jurassic (age range: from 150.8 to 145.5 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities in Antarctica, Cuba, Germany, India, Madagascar and Yemen.[2]

References

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  2. The Paleobiology Database

Wikidata ☰ Q23842867 entry