Uralopronorites

Uralopronorites is a genus of very involute and smooth, medium-sized, prolecanitids with a distinct furrow along the venter and closed umbilicus. The adult suture has 22 lobes in all, 18 of which, nine on either side, are umbilical.

Uralopronorites
Temporal range: U Carb (Penn)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Prolecanitida
Family:
Pronoritidae
Genus:
Uralopronorites

Uralopronorites comes from the Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian equivalent) of Kazakhstan. It is an ammonite.

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