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Austrotrachyceras
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Jump to navigation Jump to search Austrotrachyceras Temporal range: Carnian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Ammonoidea Order: Ceratitida Superfamily: Clydonitaceae Family: Trachyceratidae Genus: Austrotrachyceras
Krystyn, 1978 Species [2]
A. obesum
Austrotrachyceras is a genus belonging to the extinct subclass of cephalopods known
as ammonites. Specifically it belongs in the order Ceratitida.
The family to which Austrotrachyceras belongs, the Trachyceratidae, has more or
less involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.