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Schlotheimia

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Schlotheimia
Temporal range: Jurassic, 201.6–189.6 Ma [1]
Schlotheimia lymense
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Schlotheimiidae
Genus: Schlotheimia
Bayle, 1878
Synonyms
  • Anguliferites Lange, 1951
  • Scamnoceras Lange, 1924

Schlotheimia is a genus of extinct cephalopods belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea that lived during the Hettangian stage at the beginning of the Early Jurassic.[2]

Description

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The shell, or conch, of Schlotheimia rather evolute, coiled with all whorls exposed and only slightly embracing. The umbilicus is perforate as with more finely ribbed Angulaticeras. whorls are compressed, bearing ribs that cross the venter in chevrons, less developed in Sulciferites

Distribution

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Fossils of Schlotheimia species have been found in Lower Jurassic rocks of Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.[1]

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