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Extinct genus of molluscs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trachyceras is a genus belonging to the extinct subclass of cephalopods known as ammonites. Specifically it belongs in the order Ceratitida. They are distributed in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, United States.
Trachyceras Temporal range: | |
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Trachyceras fossil at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ceratitida |
Family: | †Trachyceratidae |
Subfamily: | †Trachyceratinae |
Genus: | †Trachyceras Laube 1869 |
The family to which Trachyceras belongs, the Trachyceratidae, has more or less involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.
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