Forbesiceratidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Cephalopoda
- Order: Ammonoidea
- Family: Forbesiceratidae
Overview
Forbesiceratidae Wright, 1952
Common Name:
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Involute shell with flat to slightly convex sides with smooth or fine ribs. Suture lines are long and narrow with bifurcated lobes.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (swim)
FEEDING MODE: Predator
HABITAT: epifaunal
Family Forbesiceratidae Wright, 1952
Duration: Upper Albian to Cenomanian (Source: Wright et al., 1996).
PaleoDB taxon number: 95380.
Sources:
Wright, C. W., 1996. Ammonoidea, in Kaesler, R. L., ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4 Revised, Volume 4. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 362 pp.
