Magharina

Magharina
Temporal range: Bajocian

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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

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2008-04-05.


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