Atsabites
Atsabites is an ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the ceratitid family Atsabitidae that lived during the Middle Permian between about 294 and 284 million years ago.
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| Genus: | Atsabites Haniel, 1915 |
The shell of Atsabites is evolute, discoidal; whorls slightly impressed dorsally, with numerous prominent lateral ribs and fine longitudinal lirae.
References
- A.K.Miller, W.M.Furnish,& O.H.Schindewolf, 1957, Paleozoic Forms. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- Genus Atsabites in GONIAT 6/04/12
- Atsabites entry on the Paleobiology Database accessed 4 June 2012
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