Rhacophyllites

Rhacophyllites
Temporal range: Upper Triassic, 217–212 Ma
Rhacophyllites debilis from Austria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Discophyllitidae
Genus: Rhacophyllites
Zittel, 1884

Rhacophyllites is an extinct genus of cephalopods belonging to the family Discophyllitidae.[1][2] These nektonic carnivores lived during the Triassic period, from Carnian to Rhaetian age.[3]