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Holcophylloceras mediterraneum Ammonite
Phlycticeras sp. Ammonite
Bajocian, Morocco
Jurassic period ( 201.3 -145 million years ago)
Phylloceratidae is the predominant family of the Phylloceratina with some 15 or more genera found in rocks ranging from the Lower Jurassic to the Upper Cretaceous. Members of the Phylloceratidae are characterized by smooth, involute shells with very thin walls. Many are covered with fine growth lines but are usually without ribbing. Sutures are complex with the major and minor branches of the saddles with phylloid or spatulate endings. The Phylloceratidae are probably derived from the Late Triassic Discophyllitidae by increasing the sutural complexity and evolving involute coiling. The Discophyllitidae in tern have their origin in the Ussuritidae, also known as the Monophyllitidae. The Phylloceratidae gave rise at or near the beginning of the Jurassic to the ancestral Lytoceratina, the early Lower Jurassic Peluroacanthitidae and Ectocentridae. The Phyloceratidae also gave rise at or near the beginning of the Jurassic to the Psiloceratoidea which unites families of the Early Jurassic Ammonitina. Other Jurassic Ammonitina are derived from the Lytoceratina. Later, phylloceratids are said to have given rise to Cretaceous Ammonitina included in the Desmoceratoidea, Hoplitoidea, and Acanthoceratoidea.
Kingdom: Animalia
Pylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Phylloceratidae
Genus: †Holcophylloceras
Phlycticeras sp. Ammonite
Bajocian, Morocco
Jurassic period ( 201.3 -145 million years ago)
Phylloceratidae is the predominant family of the Phylloceratina with some 15 or more genera found in rocks ranging from the Lower Jurassic to the Upper Cretaceous. Members of the Phylloceratidae are characterized by smooth, involute shells with very thin walls. Many are covered with fine growth lines but are usually without ribbing. Sutures are complex with the major and minor branches of the saddles with phylloid or spatulate endings. The Phylloceratidae are probably derived from the Late Triassic Discophyllitidae by increasing the sutural complexity and evolving involute coiling. The Discophyllitidae in tern have their origin in the Ussuritidae, also known as the Monophyllitidae. The Phylloceratidae gave rise at or near the beginning of the Jurassic to the ancestral Lytoceratina, the early Lower Jurassic Peluroacanthitidae and Ectocentridae. The Phyloceratidae also gave rise at or near the beginning of the Jurassic to the Psiloceratoidea which unites families of the Early Jurassic Ammonitina. Other Jurassic Ammonitina are derived from the Lytoceratina. Later, phylloceratids are said to have given rise to Cretaceous Ammonitina included in the Desmoceratoidea, Hoplitoidea, and Acanthoceratoidea.
Kingdom: Animalia
Pylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Phylloceratidae
Genus: †Holcophylloceras
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- Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
- Focal Length 10.3 mm
- Exposure Time 1/60
- f Aperture f/3.5
- ISO Speed 80
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