Biology:Craspedodiscus (ammonite)
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
| Craspedodiscus Temporal range: mLCretaceous
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| Superfamily: | Perisphinctaceae
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| Family: | Olcostephanitidae
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| Genus: | Craspedodiscus Spath, 1924
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Craspedodiscus is a genus of cephalopods in the ammonite superfamily Perisphinctaceae from the mid Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian) of Northern Europe and Siberia that lived some 125 Ma.
Craspedodiscus is discoidal with laterally compressed whorls and a narrowly rounded venter, covered with fine ribbing. It is placed in the subfamily Simbirskitinae in the family Olcostephanitidae.
References
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea ; Geological Society of America and Univ of Kansas press, 5th printing, 1990. (p. L350)
Wikidata ☰ Q12255971 entry
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