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Otoites

Otoites
Temporal range: Bajocian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Stephanocerataceae
Family: Otoitidae
Genus: Otoites
Mascke, 1907
Species
  • O. douvillei
  • O. sauzei
  • O. tumulosus

Otoites is the type genus of the ammonite family Otoitidae that live during the Middle Jurassic.

The Otoitidae, which is part of the superfamily Stephanocerataceae, are part of the well known subclass of prehistoric cephalopods known in general terms as ammonites

Otoites is characterized by barrel-shaped, cadiconic, inner whorls and contracted last whorl; coarse ribs with long secondaries that come off of low lateral tubercles; and lappets flanking the aperture.

The Jurassic of Spain


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