Owenites (ammonite)
Owenites Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Ceratitida |
Suborder: | Paraceltitina |
Superfamily: | Xenodiscaceae |
Family: | Melagathiceratidae |
Genus: | Owenites |
Owenites is a genus of a ammonite from the early Triassic. Its size was only 33mm. It would eat mainly leftovers that it could find. Its shell was a crystal white color.
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