Biology:Keyserlingitinae

Short description: Extinct subfamily of molluscs

Keyserlingitinae Temporal range: Early Triassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ceratitida
Family:	†Sibiritidae
Subfamily:	†Keyserlingitinae Zacharov, 1970
Genera
See text

Keyserlingitinae is a subfamily of the Sibiritidae, Early Triassic Ammonoidea. Shells tend to have subquadrate whorl sections as in Durgaites and Kyserlingites and to be strongly ribbed or nodose or both.

Genera

The Keyserlingitinae includes

• Kyserlingites
• Durgaites
• Goricanites
• Olenekoceras
• Pseudokeyserlingites
• Subolenekites

References

• W.J. Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
• Keyserlingitinae, Paleodb [1]

Wikidata ☰ Q16983917 entry