Biology:Titanites
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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| Titanites giganteus – Jurassic from Dorset England, c. 147 Ma, at the Natural History Museum | |
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| Family: | Dorsoplanitidae
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| Genus: | Titanites S.S. Buckman 1921
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Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the late Tithonian of the Late Jurassic.[1] Its fossils have been found in Canada and the United Kingdom .
Description
Species of the genus Titanites can reach large sizes, with a diameter of about 1.37 m for Titanites occidentalis. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). Sepkoski's Online Genus Database. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
Wikidata ☰ Q7809833 entry
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