Orthosphinctes is a genus of ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida family Ataxioceratidae.
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| Orthosphinctes sp., from Montejunto (Portugal), at the Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Ataxioceratidae |
| Genus: | †Orthosphinctes Schindewolf, 1925 |
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They lived in the late Jurassic period, in the Kimmeridgian age, which occurred 155.7-152.1 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivore.
Fossils distribution edit
Jurassic of Algeria, France, India, Iran, Italy, Madagascar, Spain, Yemen.[2]
Gallery edit
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Orthosphinctes pseudoachilles, from Treuchtlingen, Germany
References edit
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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