Cadomites

Cadomites
Temporal range: from Bajocian to Callovian, 171.6–164.7 Ma
Cadomites deslongchampsii Type species of the genus - Bayeux France MHNT
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Stephanoceratidae
Genus: †Cadomites
Munier-Chalmas, 1892

Cadomites is an extinct ammonite genus from the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea that lived during the Middle Jurassic (upper Bajocian – lower Callovian).

Description

Cadomites is directly descended from Stephanoceras, with a similar collared and lipped aperture rim, but has denser, finer, sharper ribbing. The shell is discoidal, evolute, with a wide umbilicus. The suture is complex.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic sediments in Europe, Africa and South Asia.

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Cadomites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.

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