Magharina
| Magharina Temporal range: Bajocian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Oppeliidae |
| Genus: | Magharina Arkell, 1952 |
Magharina small upper Bajocian ammonite (order Ammonitida) with a small smooth involute shell having a single keel along the venter and extremely simple sutures.
This genus, named by Arkell, 1952, is included in the ammonoid family, Oppeliidae (Haploceratoidea) and was first found in the Sinai. The type species is M. magharensis.
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Late Bajocian Ammonites from the Cook Inlet Region, Alaska. USGS
- Sepkoski's list of cephalopod genera
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