Biology:Glyphidites

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Glyphidites Temporal range: Norian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ceratitida
Family:	Thisbitidae
Genus:	Glyphidites Mojsisovics, 1893

Glyphidites is a genus of Late Triassic ceratitids included in the family Thisbitidae, characterized by an essentially involute shell with a compressed whorl section, nearly straight sides and arched venter, bearing a serrated keel and granular sinuous ribs.

Glyphidites comes from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Sicily and the Alps. Related genera include Thisbites and Jellinekites. The Thisbitidae, to which it is assigned, has been removed from the Clydonitaceae in Akell et al., 1957 to the Tropitaceae in E.T. Tozer, 1981

References

• Arkell et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Soc. of America, and University of Kansas Press.
• Glyphidites-Paleodb

Wikidata ☰ Q16976159 entry