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Hypophylloceras tethys Ammonite
Bajocian, Morocco
Jurassic period ( 201.3 -145 million years ago)
Hypophylloceras is a Cretaceous ammonite with a finely ribbed, compressed, involute shell; some having periodic stronger ribs or folds. The suture is complex, with large, asymmetric and finely divided lobes; the 1st lateral being much larger than the external (=ventral) and 2nd lateral lobes. Saddle endings commonly not phylloid.
Kingdom: Animalia
Pylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Phylloceratidae
Genus: †Hypophylloceras
Species: †tethys
Bajocian, Morocco
Jurassic period ( 201.3 -145 million years ago)
Hypophylloceras is a Cretaceous ammonite with a finely ribbed, compressed, involute shell; some having periodic stronger ribs or folds. The suture is complex, with large, asymmetric and finely divided lobes; the 1st lateral being much larger than the external (=ventral) and 2nd lateral lobes. Saddle endings commonly not phylloid.
Kingdom: Animalia
Pylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Phylloceratidae
Genus: †Hypophylloceras
Species: †tethys
Photo Information
- Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
- Focal Length 14.4 mm
- Exposure Time 1/60
- f Aperture f/3.5
- ISO Speed 80
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