Praestrigites

Praestrigites is a genus from the family Strigoceratidae which is included in the ammonitid superfamily Haploceratoidea.

Praestrigites Temporal range: Aalenian–Bajocian^[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Strigoceratidae
Genus:	†Praestrigites Buckman, 1924

Praestrigites was named by Buckman in 1924, who also that year named the family Strigoceratidae. The genotype is P. praenuntius

Distribution

Praestrigites comes from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) ^[1] and has been found in Morocco.^[2]

References

• Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea, (L271) Geological Society of America and Univ. of Kansas press, 1964

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
2. "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.