Eotetragonites

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| image_caption = Fossil of Eotetragonites species

| taxon = Eotetragonites

| authority = Breistroffer, 1947

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Eotetragonites is an extinct genus of ammonite.Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database]

Eotetragonites is considered by some authors a subgenus of Eogaudryceras.

Species

Species within this genus include:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=134290 Paleobiology Database]

  • Eotetragonites duvali (A.V.M.D. D'Orbigny ) † [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/6511000047.htm E. duvali at WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base]
  • Eotetragonites raspaili Breistroffer, 1947 † [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/6511000045.htm E. raspaili at WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base]
  • Eotetragonites rossmatteliformis [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZlGGQ1kRF4 Youtube]
  • Eotetragonites umbilicostriatum Collignon 1949

Fossil record

The fossil record of this genus dates back to the Cretaceous (age range: from 112.6 to 99.7million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Egypt, France, Madagascar, South Africa and United States (California). These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

See also

References

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Category:Lytoceratina