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词条 Protetragonites
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  1. Species

  2. Description

  3. Distribution

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Taxobox
|fossil_range = from Jurassic to Cretaceous, {{fossil range|150.8|94.3}}[1]
|image = Lytoceratidae - Protetragonites obliquestrangulatum.JPG
|image_caption = Fossil shells of Protetragonites obliquestrangulatum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
|regnum = Animalia
|phylum = Mollusca
|classis = Cephalopoda
|subclassis = Ammonoidea
|ordo = Ammonitida
|subordo = Lytoceratina
|familia = Lytoceratidae
|subfamilia = Lytoceratinae
|genus = Protetragonites
|genus_authority = Hyatt, 1900
|synonyms =
  • Hemitetragonites Spath, 1927
  • Leptotetragonites Spath, 1927

}}Protetragonites is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores [1] lived from the Jurassic period Tithonian age to the Cretaceous period Aptian age.[2]

Species

[1]
  • Protetragonites crebrisulcatus Uhlig, 1883
  • Protetragonites obliquestrangulatum (Kilian, 1889)
  • Protetragonites quadrisulcatus d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Protetragonites zuegeli Maisch & Salfinger-Maisch, 2016[3]

Description

Shells of Protetragonites species reach a diameter of about {{convert|50|mm}}. Shells show few constrictions and a circular or triangular section.[4]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Dominican Republic, France, Hungary, Madagascar, Morocco, Poland, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Western Sahara, as well in the Jurassic of Germany, Hungary and Italy.[1]

References

1. ^The Paleobiology Database
2. ^Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
3. ^{{Cite journal|author1=Michael W. Maisch |author2=Angélique Salfinger-Maisch |year=2016 |title=First record of the lytoceratid Protetragonites Hyatt, 1900 (Cephalopoda: Ammonoidea) from the Upper Jurassic of southwestern Germany |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen |volume=280 |issue=2 |pages=183–192 |doi=10.1127/njgpa/2016/0574 }}
4. ^Protetragonites

External links

  • Lithotheque.France
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