Schlotheimiidae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, [1]
Fossil shells of Schlotheimia depressa from Germany, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Suborder: †Ammonitina
Superfamily: †Psiloceratoidea
Family: †Schlotheimiidae
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Schlotheimiidae is an extinct family of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period.

Genera

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Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Early Jurassic rocks of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 M. K. Howarth 2013. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea.
  2. 1 2 The Paleobiology Database


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