Ammodiscus  ---       

Class: Tubothalamea   Subclass:   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 <a href="http://www.museum-zurholt.de" target="_blank">Museum Zurholt</a><br> 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 Dresden 361 pp. as USNM 3 41889
accessed 2000