Uralopronorites

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{{Taxobox

| name = Uralopronorites

| fossil_range = U Carb (Penn)

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Cephalopoda

| subclassis = Ammonoidea

| ordo = Prolecanitida

| familia = Pronoritidae

| genus = Uralopronorites

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Uralopronorites is a genus of very involute and smooth, medium-sized, prolecanitids with a distinct furrow along the venter and closed umbilicus. The adult suture has 22 lobes in all, 18 of which, nine on either side, are umbilical.

Uralopronorites comes from the Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian equivalent) of Kazakhstan. It is an ammonite.

References

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  • [http://www.goniat.org/showTax.html?TaxId=tax00000000000000000000000005610 Uralopronorites GONIAT-online] 8/21/10
  • [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13999 Paleobiology Database -Uralopronorites] 8/21/10

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Category:Ammonite genera

Category:Pennsylvanian ammonites

Category:Fossils of Kazakhstan

Category:Ammonites of Asia

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