Turrilites acutus
Turrilites acutus
Classification
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Ammonoidea
- Family
- Turrilitidae
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Turrilites is a genus of helically coiled ammonoid cephalopods from the lower part of the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian); generally included in the Ancyloceratina. Previously (Arkell, 1957) it was included in the ammonoid suborder, Lytoceratina. The shell of Turrilites is tightly wound in a high trochospiral, with an acute angle at the apex.
Turrilites es un género extinto de cefalópodos amonoideos de la familia Turrilitidae. Fue descrito por Jean-Baptiste Lamarck en 1801. Algunos fósiles del género se conservan en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Francia.
Distribution
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