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'''''Oxycerites''''' is an extinct [[Ammonoidea|ammonoid]] cephalopod belonging to the [[Haplocerataceae|haploceratacean]] family, [[Oppeliidae]], that lived during the [[Middle Jurassic]]. <ref name="Sepkoski Ceph">{{cite web
'''''Oxycerites''''' is an extinct [[Ammonoidea|ammonoid]] cephalopod belonging to the [[Haplocerataceae|haploceratacean]] family, [[Oppeliidae]], that lived during the [[Middle Jurassic]]. <ref name="Sepkoski Ceph">{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry) | journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=363 |pages=1–560 | year=2002 | url=http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class |accessdate=2017-10-18 |deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225225905/http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class | archivedate=2008-05-07 |df= }}</ref>
| last = Sepkoski| first = Jack| title= Sepkoski's Online Genus Database|authorlink =| coauthors =| year = 2002| url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class| accessdate = 2014-05-28 }}</ref>


Shells of ''Oxycerites'' are involute, compressed and generally smooth with a sharply rounded venter on the outer rim, deeply impressed dorsum on the inner rim, and a small umbilicus.
Shells of ''Oxycerites'' are involute, compressed and generally smooth with a sharply rounded venter on the outer rim, deeply impressed dorsum on the inner rim, and a small umbilicus.
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==Distribution==
==Distribution==
Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, Iran, Madagascar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom<ref name="fossilworks">{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database|authorlink =| coauthors =| year = | url = http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=15314| accessdate = 2014-05-28 }}</ref>
Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, Iran, Madagascar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom<ref name="fossilworks">{{cite web | title= Paleobiology Database - Oxycerites |authorlink =| coauthors =| year = | url = http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=15299| accessdate = 2017-10-20 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:41, 20 October 2017

Oxycerites
Temporal range: Bajocian–Callovian[1]
Specimen from Poland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Oppeliidae
Subfamily: Oppeliinae
Genus: Oxycerites
Species

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Oxycerites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the haploceratacean family, Oppeliidae, that lived during the Middle Jurassic. [1]

Shells of Oxycerites are involute, compressed and generally smooth with a sharply rounded venter on the outer rim, deeply impressed dorsum on the inner rim, and a small umbilicus. The living chamber takes up slightly more than half a whorl. Oxycerites grew to a diameter of at least 17.5 cm, about 7 inches.

Oppelia and Oecotraustes are similar and closely related forms. Oppelia is smoother, Oecotraustes more strongly ribbed

Distribution

Jurassic of Argentina, France, Germany, Iran, Madagascar, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18. {{cite journal}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2016-02-25 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Paleobiology Database - Oxycerites". Retrieved 2017-10-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)