Brotheotrachyceras

Brotheotrachyceras is a genus of ammonite cephalopod belonging to the order Ceratitida.

Brotheotrachyceras
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Genus: Brotheotrachyceras
Urlichs 1994

The family to which Brotheotrachyceras belongs, Trachyceratidae, has more or less involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 28 May 2014.

Bibliography

  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.


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