''Roinghites'' is genus of

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 Cheiloceratidae

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

. Species belonging to this genus lived in late

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

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Famennian The Famennian is the latter of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian Epoch. The most recent estimate for its duration estimates that it lasted from around 371.1 million years ago to 359.3 million years ago. An earlier 2012 estimate, still used b ...

Species and distribution

* ''Roinghites aktubensis'' Bogoslovskii, 1960: ca 370.0 - 367.6 mya of Kazakhstan (South Urals). Originally named as ''

Raymondiceras ''Raymondiceras'' is genus of ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the Cheiloceratidae family. Species belonging to this genus lived in late Devonian (Famennian The Famennian is the latter of two faunal stages in the Late Devonian Epoch. The mos ...

aktubense'' * ''Roinghites bottkei'' Korn, 2002: ca 367.6 - 366.8 mya of Germany (Rhenish mountains). Type species of genus.

References

Goniatitida genera Cheiloceratidae Late Devonian ammonites Fossils of Kazakhstan Ammonites of Asia Famennian life Famennian genus first appearances Famennian genus extinctions {{Goniatitida-stub