Cadomites is an extinct ammonite genus from the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea that lived during the Middle Jurassic (upper Bajocian – lower Callovian).[1]
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| Cadomites deslongchampsii Type species of the genus - Bayeux France MHNT | |
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| Genus: | Cadomites Munier-Chalmas 1892
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Description
editCadomites is directly descended from Stephanoceras, with a similar collared and lipped aperture rim, but has denser, finer, sharper ribbing. The shell is discoidal, evolute, with a wide umbilicus. The suture is complex.
Distribution
editFossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic sediments in Europe, Africa and South Asia.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Cadomites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
Bibliography
edit- Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea, -Stephanocerataceae; Geological Society of America, 1957, reprinted 1990
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