Biology:Actinocamax

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Actinocamax
Temporal range: 94.3–70.6 Ma
Actinocamax plenus.JPG
Actinocamax plenus, Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Superorder: Belemnoidea
Genus: Actinocamax
Miller 1823

Actinocamax (from Greek: ἀκτίς aktís, 'ray' and Greek: κάμαξ camax 'stake')[1] is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods.[2]

See also

  • Belemnite
  • List of belemnites

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 3. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 29 December 2021. 
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 

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