Pectinatites

Pectinatites; Temporal range: Tithonian, ; 149.3–149 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	P. groenlandicus in Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Ammonoidea
Genus:	Pectinatites; Arkell (1947)
Species
	P. pectinatus (Phill.); P. paravirgatus; P. eastlecottensis; P. (Arkellites) hudlestoni; P. (Virgatosphincoides) encombensis; P. (Virgatosphinctoides) reisiformis; P. (Virgatosphinctoides) wheatleyensis; P. (Virgatoshinctoides) smedmorensis; P. (Virgatosphintoides) scitulus; P. (Virgatosphinctoides) elegans;

Pectinatites is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the order Ammonoidea, that lived during the upper Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic.^[1] They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.^[2]

Clutches of eggs attributed to this genus have been discovered in the Kimmeridge Clay.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
^ ^a ^b "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Etches, S.; Clarke, J.; Callomon, J. (2009). "Ammonite eggs and ammonitellae from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England". Lethaia. 42 (2): 204–217. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00133.x.

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