Ammodiscus  ---       

Class: Spirillinata  Subclass: Ammodiscana  Order: Spirillinida  Family: Ammodiscidae
Taxon Profile

found near Altenberge    Central European Highlands   Europe

Geological Time: Cretaceous  Upper Cretaceous  Campanian



the specimen is housed in the Museum Zurholt
the image is provided by
Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History

View of a specimen of Ammodiscus  ---

The classification is published in:
Frenzel, Peter Die benthischen Foraminiferen der Rügener Schreibkreide (Unter-Maastrichtium, NE-Deutschland). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen, 3:
Order at CPress Verlag Dresden, Germany. Dresden 361 pp. as USNM 3 41889
accessed 2000