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''Atsabites'' is an
ammonoid Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...
cephalopod belonging to the family Paragastrioceratidae that lived during the Middle Permian between about 295 and 290 million years ago. The shell of ''Atsabites'' is evolute, discoidal; whorls slightly impressed dorsally, with numerous prominent lateral ribs and fine longitudinal lirae.


References

*A.K.Miller, W.M.Furnish,& O.H.Schindewolf, 1957, Paleozoic Forms. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. *Genus ''Atsabites'' i
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6/04/12 Extinct animals of Indonesia Goniatitida genera Permian ammonites Atsabitidae {{Goniatitida-stub