Biology:Beatites
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
Beatites Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Subfamily: | Aspenitinae
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Genus: | Beatites Artharber 1911
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Beatites is a genus of Lower Triassic ammonites characterized by a somewhat strongly involute and greatly compressed shell with a sharp, oxyconic, venter. Beatites was first found in Albania and is assigned to the ceratatiid family Hedenstroemiidae.
References
- Arkell, W.J, et al, 1957. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- List of Cephalopod genera, J.J. Sepkoski. [1]
Wikidata ☰ Q4877060 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatites.
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