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Baronnites

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Baronnites
Temporal range: Valanginian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Olcostephanidae
Genus: Baronnites
Bulot, Company & Thieuloy, 1990

Baronnites is an ammonoid cephalopod from the upper Valanginian stage of the Lower Cretaceous. Baronnites is represented by a single species, Baronnites hirsutus found in marine silty to sandy limestone and marl in Morocco,[2] associated with another ammonoid, Busnardoites campylotoxus, brachiopods, bivalves, and other invertebrates.

References

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