Jeletzkytes

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Jeletzkytes

Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Jeletzkytes is an extinct genus of scaphatoid ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of North America named and described by Riccardi, 1983. In overall form Jeletzkytes closely resembles the genus Scaphites.

Quick Facts Jeletzkytes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), Scientific classification ...

A number of species have been described in the genus including:

  • J. brevis
  • J. compressus
  • J. crassus
  • J. criptonodosus
  • J. dorfi
  • J. furnivali
  • J. nebrascensis
  • J. nodosus
  • J. spedeni

References

    • Jeletzkytes, Paleobiology Database. 13 Mar. 2013.
    • Neil H. Landman, Karl M Waage (Karl Mensch); Scaphitid ammonites of the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Fox Hills Formation in South Dakota and Wyoming. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 215, 1993.


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