Lituites [1] ( lat. Lituites ) is a genus of extinct cephalopods from the family Lituitidae . They lived during the time of the Ordovician - Silurian ( 468.1-423.0 million years ago) [2] . First found in Scandinavia, later in China in the Hunan province.
| † Lituit |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subclass : | † Orthoceratoidea |
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| International scientific name |
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Lituites Bertrand , 1763 |
Geochronology468.1-423.0 Ma | million years | Period | Era | Aeon |
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th | | 23.03 | Neogene | | 66.0 | Paleogen | | 145.5 | a piece of chalk | M
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◄ Nowadays◄ Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction◄ Triassic extinction◄ Mass Permian Extinction◄ Devonian extinction◄ Ordovician-Silurian extinction◄ Cambrian explosion |
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In representatives of the genus, the last revolution of the spiral is somewhat separated and elongated straight [1] .
According to the Paleobiology Database website, as of July 2018, 5 extinct species are included in the genus [2] :
- Lituites angulatus Saemann, 1852
- Lituites imperfectum Wahlenberg, 1821
- Lituites kjerulfi Brogger, 1882
- Lituites lituus Montfort, 1808
- Lituites perfectus Wahlenberg, 1818
- ↑ 1 2 Lituit // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ 1 2 Lituites information on the Paleobiology Database website. (Retrieved August 16, 2018) .
