Rhacophyllites

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Rhacophyllites
Temporal range: Upper Triassic, 217–212  Ma
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Discophyllitidae - Rhacophyllites debilis.JPG
Rhacophyllites debilis from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Discophyllitidae
Genus: Rhacophyllites
Zittel, 1884

Rhacophyllites is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the family Discophyllitidae. [1] [2] These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, from Carnian to Rhaetian age. [3]

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Description

Rhacophyllites can reach a maximum diameter of about 120 millimetres (4.7 in). [4] They have a discoidal, generally evolute shell. The first lateral saddle of the suture is diphyllic and adjacent lateral saddles are diphyllic or triphillic. [5]

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