Kranaosphinctes

Kranaosphinctes; Temporal range: Oxfordian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Kranaosphinctes species from Madagascar, Oxfordian stage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Ammonitida
Family:	Perisphinctidae
Genus:	Kranaosphinctes; Buckman, 1921

Kranaosphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites belonging to the Perisphinctidae family.[2] Some authors consider Kranaosphinctes a subgenus of the genus Perisphinctes. [3]

Fossil record

Fossils of Kranaosphinctes are found in marine strata of the Upper Jurassic (age range: from 161.2 to 155.7 million years ago.). Fossils are known from some localities of Europe, Argentina, India and Madagascar.[3]

References

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.
GBIF
"Paleobiology Database - Kranaosphinctes". Retrieved 2017-10-19.

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[Sepkoski_Ceph-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] GBIF

[paleodb-3] "Paleobiology Database - Kranaosphinctes". Retrieved 2017-10-19.