Biology:Kranaosphinctes

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Kranaosphinctes
Temporal range: Oxfordian[1]
Perisphinctidae - Kranaosphinctes species.JPG
Kranaosphinctes species from Madagascar, Oxfordian stage
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Kranaosphinctes

Buckman, 1921

Kranaosphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[2] Some authors consider Kranaosphinctes a subgenus of the genus Perisphinctes. [3]

Fossil record

Fossils of Kranaosphinctes are found in marine strata of the Upper Jurassic (age range: from 161.2 to 155.7 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities of Europe, Argentina , India and Madagascar .[3]

References

[4] [5]

Wikidata ☰ Q25096241 entry