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Indocephalites
Temporal range: M Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Stephanocerataceae
Family:
Macrocephalitidae
Genus:
Indocephalites

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.

References

  • Treatise in Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (1957), Mesozoic Ammonoidea. p.K294
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