Praestrigites is a genus from the family Strigoceratidae which is included in the ammonitid superfamily Haploceratoidea.
Praestrigites Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Strigoceratidae |
Genus: | †Praestrigites Buckman, 1924 |
Praestrigites was named by Buckman in 1924, who also that year named the family Strigoceratidae. The genotype is P. praenuntius
Distribution
editPraestrigites comes from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) [1] and has been found in Morocco.[2]
References
edit- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea, (L271) Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press, 1964
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.