Titanites
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
| Titanites Temporal range: Tithonian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Titanites giganteus – Jurassic from Dorset England, c. 147 Ma, at the Natural History Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Family: | Dorsoplanitidae |
| Genus: | Titanites S.S. Buckman 1921 |
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Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the late Tithonian of the Late Jurassic.[1] Its fossils have been found in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Description
Species of the genus Titanites can reach large sizes, with a diameter of about 1.37 m for Titanites occidentalis. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
See also
References
- Universal Biological Indexer
- The Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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