Qiannanites

Last updated

Qiannanites
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
Ꞓ
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
↓
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass:† Ammonoidea
Order:† Goniatitida
Family:† Prodromitidae
Genus:† Qiannanites
Ruan, 1981

Qiannanites is a genus of goniatitid ammonites from the lower Carboniferous included in the Prodromitidae, which is part of the superfamily Karagandocerataceae, now known as the Karagandoceratoidea. [1]

Diagnosis

The shell of Qiannanites is discoidal with a sharp venter, small umbilicus and rather high aperture. Ribs are faint. Coiling in involute, leaving only the outer whorl exposed. The ventral lobe of the suture is bifurcate with pronounced acute prongs

References

  1. ↑ Qiannanites in Fossil Works


Goniatitidae - Goniatites species.JPG

This Goniatite-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.