Owenites (ammonite)

Owenites
Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification
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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