Aphantites

Aphantites Temporal range: U Carboniferous (U Penn)
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Goniatitida
Superfamily:	Gastriocerataceae
Family:	Reticuloceratidae
Genus:	Aphantites Ruzhencev and Bogoslovskaya 1978

Aphantites is a Lower Pennsylvanian ammonite belonging to the Goniatitid family Reticuloceratidae which are characterized by involute subdiscoidal shells covered by linear or biconvex growth lines that may be crossed by longitudinal lirae, producing a reticulate pattern. Sutures are simple, the ventral lobe double pronged. Related genera include Surenites and Reticuloceras.

References

• Aphantites in Paleobiology Database, Surenitinae [1] 8/2/10
• Goniat online, [2], Reticuloceratidae 8/2/10