Sutneria

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Sutneria
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Mollusca
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Cephalopoda
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Sutneria

Reinecke, 1818

Sutneria is a genus of small

Upper Jurassic
(Kimmeridgian) of Europe (Germany). Its shell is generally evolute with a narrowly rounded whorl section and tubercles along the lower flanks.

Sutneria is assigned to the Aulicostephanidae, part of the superfamily Perisphinctoidea.

References

  • Sutneria playnota in jsdammonites.fr [1]
  • Donovan, D.t. et al. 1981. Classification of the Jurassic Ammonitina. The Ammonoidea, Systematics Assoc. special volume 18