Hlawiceras
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| Class: | Cephalopoda |
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| Genus: | Hlawiceras [2]
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Hlawiceras is an extinct genus from a well known subclass of fossil
Period, which lasted from approximately 200 to 145 million years ago.Hlawiceras belongs to the family Stephanoceratidae, true ammonites, which is contained in the Stephanoceratoidea. It is probably synonymous with the better known Garantiana
Hlawiceras (Garantiana) has an evolute discoidal shell with a subcircular cross section and close spaced transverse ribbing.
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- ^ "Paleobiology Database - Hlawiceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- Classification of the Jurassic Ammonitina, D. T. Donovan and J. H. Calloman 1981, in The Ammonoidea, edited by M.R. House and J.R. Senior;
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