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|name = ''Titanites''
| name = ''Titanites''
|fossil_range = {{fossil range|Tithonian|ref=<ref name="Sepkoski Ceph">{{cite journal
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Tithonian|ref=<ref name="Sepkoski Ceph">{{cite journal
| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| access-date = 2014-05-28 }}</ref>}}
| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| access-date = 2014-05-28 }}</ref>}}
| subclassis = [[Ammonoidea]]
|image = Titanites giganteus.JPG
| image = Titanites giganteus.JPG
|image_width = 240px
| image_width = 240px
|image_caption = ''Titanites giganteus'' – Jurassic from Dorset England, {{circa}} 147 Ma, at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]
| image_caption = ''Titanites giganteus'' – Jurassic from Dorset England, {{circa}} 147 Ma, at the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]
|regnum = [[Animal]]ia
|phylum = [[Mollusc]]a
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
|classis = [[Cephalopod]]a
| phylum = [[Mollusc]]a
|ordo = [[Ammonoidea]]
| classis = [[Cephalopod]]a
|familia = [[Dorsoplanitidae]]
| familia = [[Dorsoplanitidae]]
|genus = '''''Titanites'''''
| genus = '''''Titanites'''''
| genus_authority = S.S. Buckman 1921
| genus_authority = S.S. Buckman 1921
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
| subdivision = * ''T. anguiformis'' <small>Wimbledon and Cope, 1978</small>
* ''T. anguiformis'' <small>Wimbledon and Cope, 1978</small>
* ''T. chilensis'' <small>Biro-Bagoczky, 1976</small>
* ''T. chilensis'' <small>Biro-Bagoczky, 1976</small>
* ''T. cingulatus'' <small>(de Haan, 1825)</small>
* ''T. cingulatus'' <small>(de Haan, 1825)</small>
* ''T. giganteus'' <small>(Sowerby, 1818)</small>
* ''T. giganteus'' <small>(Sowerby, 1818)</small>
* ''T. occidentalis'' <small>Frebold, 1957</small>
* ''T. occidentalis'' <small>Frebold, 1957</small>
|synonyms =
| synonyms =
}}
}}



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Titanites
Temporal range: Tithonian[1]
Titanites giganteus – Jurassic from Dorset England, c. 147 Ma, at the Natural History Museum
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Titanites

S.S. Buckman 1921
Species
  • T. anguiformis Wimbledon and Cope, 1978
  • T. chilensis Biro-Bagoczky, 1976
  • T. cingulatus (de Haan, 1825)
  • T. giganteus (Sowerby, 1818)
  • T. occidentalis Frebold, 1957

Titanites is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus within the family Dorsoplanitidae, that lived during the late Tithonian of the Late Jurassic.[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)