Flabellisphinctes

Flabellisphinctes; Temporal range: Callovian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Suborder:	Ammonitina
Superfamily:	Perisphinctoidea
Family:	Perisphinctidae
Genus:	Flabellisphinctes; Mangold & Elmi, 1966

Flabellisphinctes is small, evolute ammonite genus from the upper Middle Jurassic (Callovian) that lived between 160 and 154 Ma ago.

Flabellisphinctes is included in the subfamily Grossouviinae which is part of the Perisphinctidae. The shell is around 5 cm (abt. 2in) in diameter, with close spaced radial ribs on the inner whorls. Outer whorls with ribs widely spaced, coming off the umbilical shoulder and flattening about mid flank, but dividing near the ventrolateral shoulder into well defined ribs that cross the venter with a kink mid way. Whorl section, suboval compressed with a narrowly arched rim.

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.

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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.