Oecotraustes

Oecotraustes
Oecotraustes
Temporal range: Jurassic[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Genus: Oecotraustes

Oecotraustes is an extinct genus from a well known subclass of fossil cephalopods, the ammonites. It lived during the Jurassic Period[1], which lasted from approximately 200 to 145 million years ago.

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-04-05.