Atsabites

Atsabites is an ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the ceratitid family Atsabitidae that lived during the Middle Permian between about 294 and 284 million years ago.

Atsabites
Temporal range: Middle Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Neoicoceratoidea
Family:
Atsabitidae
Genus:
Atsabites

Haniel, 1915

The shell of Atsabites is evolute, discoidal; whorls slightly impressed dorsally, with numerous prominent lateral ribs and fine longitudinal lirae.

References
    • A.K.Miller, W.M.Furnish,& O.H.Schindewolf, 1957, Paleozoic Forms. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
    • Genus Atsabites in GONIAT 6/04/12
    • Atsabites entry on the Paleobiology Database accessed 4 June 2012


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