Craspedodiscus (ammonite)

Craspedodiscus is a genus of cephalopods in the ammonite superfamily Perisphinctaceae from the mid Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian) of Northern Europe and Siberia that lived some 125 Ma.

Craspedodiscus
Temporal range: mLCretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Perisphinctaceae
Family:
Olcostephanitidae
Genus:
Craspedodiscus

Spath, 1924

Craspedodiscus is discoidal with laterally compressed whorls and a narrowly rounded venter, covered with fine ribbing. It is placed in the subfamily Simbirskitinae in the family Olcostephanitidae.

References
    • Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea ; Geological Society of America and Univ of Kansas press, 5th printing, 1990. (p. L350)


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