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Ammonoids are extinct, (typically) coiled-shelled cephalopods comprising the subclass Ammonoidea. They are more closely related to living octopuses , squid , and cuttlefish (which comprise the clade Coleoidea ) than they are to nautiluses (family Nautilidae). [ 1 ]
Parapuzosia seppenradensis is the largest known species of ammonite. [1] It lived during the Lower Campanian Epoch of the Late Cretaceous period, in marine environments in what is now Westphalia, Germany.
They come in various forms, including evolute shells where all whorls are exposed, and strongly involute shells with only the outer whorl visible. Shells may be heavily ribbed, with some featuring nodes and spines, while others are completely smooth. Some shells have broad, rounded venters (the outer rim), while others have a sharp, keel-like ...
Agoniatitida, also known as the Anarcestida, is the ancestral order within the cephalopod subclass Ammonoidea originating from bactritoid nautiloids, that lived in what would become Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America during the Devonian from about the lower boundary of Zlichovian stage (corresponding to late Pragian, after 409.1 mya) into Taghanic event during upper middle ...
Parapuzosia is an extinct genus of desmoceratid ammonites from the Cenomanian to the Campanian of Africa, Europe, and North America. [2] They are typically very large ammonites, reaching diameters of 60 cm (2.0 ft) or more, with the largest species measuring around 2 m (6.6 ft). [3]
The shell forms a loose open helical spiral in the early stages, ending in one or two straight shafts in the mature adult. Surface ornament consists of prominent rounded nodes on the lower and upper flanks, connected by strong looped ribs. The nodes may have been the bases of long sharp spines.
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Prolecanitoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of ammonoids in the order Prolecanitida.Prolecanitoidea is one of two superfamilies in the order, along with the younger and more complex Medlicottioidea.