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Forbesiceratidae

Forbesiceratidae

Overview

Forbesiceratidae Wright, 1952

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Involute shell with flat to slightly convex sides with smooth or fine ribs. Suture lines are long and narrow with bifurcated lobes.

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Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile (swim)

        FEEDING MODE: Predator

        HABITAT: epifaunal

Family Forbesiceratidae Wright, 1952

Duration: Upper Albian to Cenomanian (Source: Wright et al., 1996).

PaleoDB taxon number: 95380.

Sources:

Wright, C. W., 1996. Ammonoidea, in Kaesler, R. L., ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4 Revised, Volume 4. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 362 pp.

Genera of Forbesiceratidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway