Rhacophyllites

Rhacophyllites is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the family Discophyllitidae.[1][2] These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.[3]

Rhacophyllites
Temporal range: Upper Triassic, 217–212 Ma
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Rhacophyllites debilis from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Discophyllitidae
Genus: †Rhacophyllites
Zittel, 1884

Species

[2]

  • Rhacophyllites debilis Hauer, 1846
  • Rhacophyllites kavasensis Kovacs, 1942

Description

Rhacophyllites can reach a maximum diameter of about 120 millimetres (4.7 in).[4] They have a discoidal, generally evolute shell. The first lateral saddle of the suture is diphyllic and adjacent lateral saddles are diphyllic or triphillic.[5]

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References
  1. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Mollusca 4, Ammonoidea, 1957
  2. The Paleobiology Database
  3. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  4. Incredibel Science Archived 2014-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. J. Perrin Smith THE UPPER TRIASSIC MARINE INVERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF NORTH AMERICA, pg. 100


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