Homerites is a genus of small, involute, globase fossil ceratitids with an eccentric outer whorl and subammonitic sutures belonging to the family Halortidae The body chamber has a slight central keel and radial dichotomous ribs that commonly terminate at spines on the ventral shoulder. Homerites, described and named by Mojsisovics in 1893 has been found in the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of California and the Alps. The Halortidae in which it is placed is part of the superfamily Tropitaceae.
homerites, kingdom, yemen, himyarite, kingdom, genus, small, involute, globase, fossil, ceratitids, with, eccentric, outer, whorl, subammonitic, sutures, belonging, family, halortidae, body, chamber, slight, central, keel, radial, dichotomous, ribs, that, comm. For the kingdom in Yemen see Himyarite Kingdom Homerites is a genus of small involute globase fossil ceratitids with an eccentric outer whorl and subammonitic sutures belonging to the family Halortidae The body chamber has a slight central keel and radial dichotomous ribs that commonly terminate at spines on the ventral shoulder Homerites described and named by Mojsisovics in 1893 has been found in the Upper Triassic Carnian of California and the Alps The Halortidae in which it is placed is part of the superfamily Tropitaceae HomeritesTemporal range U Triassic Carnian Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass CephalopodaSubclass AmmonoideaOrder CeratitidaFamily TropitidaeGenus HomeritesMojsisovics 1893References editTreatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Ammonoidea pp 169 175 Geological Society of America 1957 nbsp This Ceratitida related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Homerites amp oldid 1165998938, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
