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Atsabites is an ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the family Paragastrioceratidae that lived during the Middle Permian between about 295 and 290 million years ago.
| Atsabites Temporal range: Middle Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Family: | †Paragastrioceratidae |
| Genus: | †Atsabites Haniel, 1915 |
| Species: | †A. weberi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Atsabites weberi Haniel, 1915
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The shell of Atsabites is evolute, discoidal; whorls slightly impressed dorsally, with numerous prominent lateral ribs and fine longitudinal lirae.
References
edit- A.K.Miller, W.M.Furnish,& O.H.Schindewolf, 1957, Paleozoic Forms. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Genus Atsabites in GONIAT 6/04/12
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