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Boreotrachyceras

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Boreotrachyceras
Temporal range: Carnian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Genus: Boreotrachyceras
Konstantinov 2012

Boreotrachyceras is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod, belonging to the order Ceratitida.

The family to which Boreotrachyceras belongs, Trachyceratidae, has more or less involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.

References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. ^ Paleobiology Database - Austrotrachyceras. 29 May 2014.

Bibliography

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  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.