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Indocephalites

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Indocephalites
Temporal range: Callovian[1]
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Indocephalites [2]

Spath, 1926

Indocephalites is a true ammonite (order Ammonitida) and a possible subgenus of Macrocephalites, belonging to the stephanoceratacean family, Macrocephalitidae. Inner whorls form a cadicone (a barrel shape), outer become more compressed and smoother. Ribs are simple, crossing the venter straight and uninterrupted. Pleurocephalites, another possible subgenus of Macrocephalites, is quite similar.

Distribution

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Jurassic deposits of China, France, India and Madagascar

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Paleobiology Database - Indocephalites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  • Treatise in Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957), Mesozoic Ammonoidea. p.K294