Praestrigites
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|fossil_range = {{fossil range|Aalenian|Bajocian|ref={{cite web
| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| accessdate = 2014-05-28 }}}}
|taxon = Praestrigites
|authority = Buckman, 1924
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Praestrigites is a genus from the family Strigoceratidae which is included in the ammonitid superfamily Haploceratoidea.
Praestrigites was named by Buckman in 1924, who also that year named the family Strigoceratidae. The genotype is P. praenuntius
Distribution
Praestrigites comes from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) {{cite web
| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| accessdate = 2014-05-28 }} and has been found in Morocco.{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database| year = | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15443| access-date = 17 December 2021 }}
References
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea, (L271) Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press, 1964
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Category:Jurassic animals of Africa
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