Agathiceras applini

Agathiceras applini
Temporal range: 290.1–279.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Suborder: Goniatitina
Superfamily: Goniatitaceae
Family: Agathiceratidae
Genus: Agathiceras
Species: Agathiceras applini
Plummer and Scott 1937

Agathiceras applini is a species of Agathiceras, named by Plummer and Scott in 1937.[1]

The mollusc was a fast moving nektonic carnivore and had an average shell width of 6.23 mm and shell diameter of 9.54 mm.[2]

References

  1. F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
  2. "Agathiceras applini". Fossilworks. Retrieved 8 June 2014.


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