Brotheotrachyceras is a genus of ammonite cephalopod belonging to the order Ceratitida. It was living during the Carnian age of the Late Triassic Epoch.[2]

Brotheotrachyceras
Temporal range: Carnian
Brotheotrachyceras brotheus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Trachyceratidae
Genus: Brotheotrachyceras
Urlichs 1994
Species[1]
  • B. brotheus Munster 1834
  • B. difforme Munster 1834

Classification

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The family to which Brotheotrachyceras belongs, Trachyceratidae,[3] has more or less involute, highly ornamented shells and ceratitic to ammonitic sutures.

References

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  1. ^ Paleobiology Database - Austrotrachyceras. 29 May 2014.
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. ^ P. Mietto and S. Manfrin. 2008. Taxonomic names, in Selected ammonoid fauna from Prati Di Stuores/Stuores Wiesen and related sections across the Ladinian-Carnian boundary (southern Alps, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114:377-429

Bibliography

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  • E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322
  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.