| Quinnites Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Family: | †Reticuloceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Reticuloceratinae |
| Genus: | †Quinnites Manger and Saunders, 1980 |
Quinnites is a genus of goniatitid ammonites included in the gastrioceratoidean family Reticuloceratidae known from the Carboniferous of the state of Arkansas, USA.[1]
Description
Quinnites can be recognized by its thickly discoidal shell with a wide umbilicus and double pronged ventral lobe with a median saddle about half as high as the entire lobe. Umbilical ribs are common. May have spiral ornamentation, constrictions, or ventral groove.[2]
Taxonomy
Quinnites, named by Manger and Saunders 1980, contains two species, Quinnites henbesti and Quinnites textum, both removed from Gastrioceras (Branneroceras).
References
- ↑ Quinnites in Fossilworks
- ↑ Quinnites in Gonait on Line
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