Pectinatites

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Pectinatites
Temporal range: Tithonian,
149.3–149  Ma [1]
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Pectinatites groenlandicus.jpg
P. groenlandicus in Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonoidea
Genus:
Pectinatites

Arkell (1947)
Species [2]
  • P. pectinatus (Phill.)
  • P. paravirgatus
  • P. eastlecottensis
  • P. (Arkellites) hudlestoni
  • P. (Virgatosphincoides) encombensis
  • P. (Virgatosphinctoides) reisiformis
  • P. (Virgatosphinctoides) wheatleyensis
  • P. (Virgatoshinctoides) smedmorensis
  • P. (Virgatosphintoides) scitulus
  • P. (Virgatosphinctoides) elegans
P. pectinatus from Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Swindon, Wiltshire, England at the Natural History Museum Pectinatites pectinatus NHM 1.jpg
P. pectinatus from Kimmeridge Clay Formation, Swindon, Wiltshire, England at the Natural History Museum

Pectinatites is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonoidea, that lived during the upper Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic. [1] They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. [2]

Clutches of eggs attributed to this genus have been discovered in the Kimmeridge Clay. [3]

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database" . Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Etches, S.; Clarke, J.; Callomon, J. (2009). "Ammonite eggs and ammonitellae from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England". Lethaia. 42 (2): 204–217. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00133.x.
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