Owenites (ammonite)

This article is about an extinct genus of molluscs and is not to be confused with Owensite or Owenism.

Owenites
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
†Ammonoidea
Order:
†Ceratitida
Suborder:
†Paraceltitina
Superfamily:
†Xenodiscaceae
Family:
†Melagathiceratidae
Genus:
†Owenites

Hyatt & Smith, 1905[1]
Type species
†Owenites koeneni
Hyatt & Smith, 1905

Owenites is a genus of a ceratite ammonoid that lived during the Early Triassic.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hyatt, A.; Smith, J.P. (1905). "The Triassic cephalopod genera of America". United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. Series C, Systematic Geology and Paleontology. 40: 1–394. doi:10.3133/pp40. hdl:2346/61742.


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