Biology:Atsabites

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Atsabites
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Paragastrioceratidae
Genus: Atsabites
Haniel, 1915
Species:
A. weberi
Binomial name
Atsabites weberi
Haniel, 1915

Atsabites is an ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the family Paragastrioceratidae that lived during the Middle Permian between about 295 and 290 million years ago.

The shell of Atsabites is evolute, discoidal; whorls slightly impressed dorsally, with numerous prominent lateral ribs and fine longitudinal lirae.

References

  • A.K.Miller, W.M.Furnish,& O.H.Schindewolf, 1957, Paleozoic Forms. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • Genus Atsabites in GONIAT 6/04/12

Wikidata ☰ Q4817727 entry