Jeletzkytes
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Jeletzkytes is an extinct genus of scaphatoid ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America named and described by Riccardi, 1983. In overall form Jeletzkytes closely resembles the genus Scaphites.
Quick Facts Jeletzkytes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), Scientific classification ...
Jeletzkytes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) | |
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Jeletzkytes, from the United States | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
Family: | †Scaphitidae |
Subfamily: | †Scaphitinae |
Genus: | †Jeletzkytes Riccardi, 1983 |
Species | |
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A number of species have been described in the genus including:
- J. brevis
- J. compressus
- J. crassus
- J. criptonodosus
- J. dorfi
- J. furnivali
- J. nebrascensis
- J. nodosus
- J. spedeni