Rhacophyllites is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the family Discophyllitidae.[1][2] These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.[3]

Rhacophyllites
Temporal range: Upper Triassic, 217–212 Ma
Rhacophyllites debilis from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Discophyllitidae
Genus: Rhacophyllites
Zittel, 1884

Species

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  • Rhacophyllites debilis Hauer, 1846
  • Rhacophyllites kavasensis Kovacs, 1942[2]

Description

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Rhacophyllites can reach a maximum diameter of about 120 millimetres (4.7 in).[4] They have a discoidal, generally evolute shell. The first lateral saddle of the suture is diphyllic and adjacent lateral saddles are diphyllic or triphillic.[5]

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