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FROGDENITES
(frog-den-i-tees)
Named By: unavailable
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: Canada, Tibet and various locations across Europe
Size: Carnivore
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Multiple individuals but only of shells
Classification: | Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Ammonoidea | Ammonitida | Stephanocerataceae | Otoitidae |
About

Frogdenites is an extinct ammonite genus from the order Ammonitida that lived during the Middle Jurassic in what is now Europe, Canada, and Tibet. Frogdenites is included in the Otoitidae, a family which makes up part of the ammonitid superfamily, Stephanocerataceae.

Frogdenites has an evolute globular shell with a deep umbilicus and covered by bifurcating ribs that cross the venter, the outer rim of the shell, without interruption.

Read more about Frogdenites at Wikipedia
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