Hebetoxyites is a genus of ammonoid cephalopod from the middle part of the Bajocian stage, middle Jurassic, included in the Strigoceratidae, Haploceratoidea.[2] The shell is oxyconic, with a sharp rim but no keel, and involute, with the inner whorls hidden. The umbilicus is very small. Sides have a spiral ridge but are not striate.

Hebetoxyites
Temporal range: Bajocian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Strigoceratidae
Genus: Hebetoxyites
Buckman, 1924

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Notes
  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ^ "Paleobiology Database - Hebetoxyites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
Bibliography
  • W.Arkell, et al. Mesozoic Ammonoidea (L271), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press