Mammites
Sign in to savethumb|250px|right|M. nodosoidesa) juvenile; b) adult; c) sutural pattern Mammites is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian) ammonite genus included in the acanthoceratoidean family, Acanthoceratidae, and the type genus for the subfamily Mammitinae. Mammites was named by Laube and Bruder in 1887.
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thumb|250px|right|M. nodosoidesa) juvenile; b) adult; c) sutural pattern Mammites is a Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian) ammonite genus included in the acanthoceratoidean family, Acanthoceratidae, and the type genus for the subfamily Mammitinae. Mammites was named by Laube and Bruder in 1887.
== Species == Species within the genus Mammites include: M. mohavanensis Böse, 1923 - found at Loma el Macho, Coahuila, Mexico M. mutabilis Reyment, 1955 - known from Cameroon M. nodosoides Schlüter, 1871 - found in North and South America, Africa and Europe M. powelli Kennedy et al., 1987 - found in Texas and Colombia M. rancheriae Anderson, 1958 - known from the North American Pacific region
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