Dumortieria
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Fossil of Dumortieria jamesoni.at Haus der Natur, Salzburg
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Dumortieria
Synonyms
  • Paradumortieria Elmi and Caloo-Fortier 1985
  • Phenakoceras Maubeuge 1949
  • Phenakocerites Maubeuge 1950

Dumortieria is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Graphoceratidae.[1]

Fossil record

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These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Early Jurassic, upper Toarcian age (from about 180.1 to 175.6 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus can be found in Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Spain and Tunisia.

Description

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Fossil of Dumortieria radiosa

Dumortiera are rather similar to Grammoceras and Catulloceras from the same age, having a thin, discoidally evolute shell with simple, gently sigmoid ribbing and a low ventral keel, but this species has a les rounded venter and Catulloceras has a subquadrate whorl section.[2][3]

Species

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Species within this genus include:[2]

See also

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