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Anisoceratidae

Anisoceratidae

Overview

Anisoceratidae Hyatt, 1900

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shell is loosely coiled with several striaght sections. There are usually some ribs and bumps across the shell. Suture lines are simple.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile (swim)

        FEEDING MODE: Predator

        HABITAT: epifaunal

Sources:

Wright, C. W., 1996. Ammonoidea, in Kaesler, R. L., ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Volume 4. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 362 pp.

 

 


Genera of Anisoceratidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway