Praestrigites
Praestrigites is a genus from the family Strigoceratidae which is included in the ammonitid superfamily Haploceratoidea.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Strigoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Praestrigites Buckman, 1924 |
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) [1] and has been found in Morocco.[2]
References
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea, (L271) Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press, 1964
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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