Astieridiscus is an extinct lower Cretaceous ammonite. Its shell evolute, covered by dense, simple or branching, slightly flexuous ribs. The sides are slightly flattened, the venter rounded. No umbilical or other tubercles except on innermost whorl. Superficially resembles Olcostephanus.[2]
Astieridiscus Temporal range:
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Astieridiscus cadoceroides (Karakasch) Barremian, Razgrad, (Coll. V. Tzankov) at the Sofia University Museum of Paleontology and Historical Geology | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Holcodiscidae |
Genus: | †Astieridiscus Kilian, 1910 |
Notes
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ Wright, C. W. with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler ed.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, p.48.
External links
edit- "Astieridiscus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- "Asteriediscus". Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- Wright, Claud William; with John Hannes Callomon and M.K. Howarth (1996). Roger L. Kaesler (ed.). Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas: The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. p. 48.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Arkell, W. J.; Furnish, W. M.; Kummel, Bernhard; Miller, A.K.; Moore, R.C.; Schindewolf, O.H. (1957). "Part L, Mollusca 4: Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea". In Raymond C. Moore (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. p. L372 – via Internet Archive.