Titanites

Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the late Tithonian of the Late Jurassic.[1] Its fossils have been found in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Titanites
Temporal range:
Titanites giganteus – Jurassic from Dorset England, c. 147 Ma, at the Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Family:
Dorsoplanitidae
Genus:
Titanites

S.S. Buckman 1921
Species
  • T. anguiformis Wimbledon and Cope, 1978
  • T. chilensis Biro-Bagoczky, 1976
  • T. cingulatus (de Haan, 1825)
  • T. giganteus (Sowerby, 1818)
  • T. occidentalis Frebold, 1957

Description
A pair of Titanites giganteus fossils at Wollaton Hall

Species of the genus Titanites can reach large sizes, with a diameter of about 1.37 m for Titanites occidentalis. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

See also

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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