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Nipponites mirabilis
Fossil and life reconstruction model of Nipponites mirabilis (Image source:Masahiro miyasaka, CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Age Cretaceous(Turonian-Santonian) 93.9-83.6 Ma Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Ammonitida Family: Nostoceratidae Genus: Nipponites Species: Nipponites mirabilis Morphological description Nipponites mirabilis exhibits a regular planispiral coiling during its early ontogenetic stages, with tightly wound whorls resembling those of

Rodrigo
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