Praestrigites
Praestrigites is a genus from the Strigoceratidae which is included in the ammonitid superfamily, Haplocerataceae.
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Praestrigites was named by Buckman in 1924, who also that year named the family Strigoceratidae. The genotype is P. praenuntius
Distribution
Praestrigites comes from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) [1] and has been found in Morocco.[2]
References
- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea, (L271) Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press, 1964
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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