Praestrigites
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Praestrigites is a genus from the Strigoceratidae
which is included in the ammonitid
superfamily, Haplocerataceae
.
Praestrigites comes from the lower Middle Jurassic
(Bajocian
) and has been found in England, Germany, Switzerland, and Oregon.
Praestrigites was named by Buckman in 1924, who also that year named the family Strigoceratidae. The genotype is P. praenuntius
Strigoceratidae
The Strigoceratidae is a family in the ammonitid superfamily Haplocerataceae, restricted to the lower Middle Jurassic, Bajocian stage, possibly derived from the Hammitoceratidae...
which is included in the ammonitid
Ammonitida
The Ammonitida is an order of more highly evolved ammonoid cephalopods from the Jurassic and Cretaceous time periods, commonly with intricate ammonitic sutures....
superfamily, Haplocerataceae
Haplocerataceae
Haplocerataceae is a superfamily of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the Ammonitida that unites three families, the Strigoceratidae, Oppeliidae, and Haploceratidae, listed below....
.
Praestrigites comes from the lower Middle Jurassic
Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about Mya to Mya, that is, from the end of the Triassic to the beginning of the Cretaceous. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic era, also known as the age of reptiles. The start of the period is marked by...
(Bajocian
Bajocian
In the geologic timescale, the Bajocian is an age or stage in the Middle Jurassic. It lasted from approximately 171.6 Ma to around 167.7 Ma . The Bajocian age succeeds the Aalenian age and precedes the Bathonian age....
) and has been found in England, Germany, Switzerland, and Oregon.
Praestrigites was named by Buckman in 1924, who also that year named the family Strigoceratidae. The genotype is P. praenuntius