Otoites
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Otoitidae |
| Genus: | †Otoites Mascke, 1907 |
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Otoites is the type genus of the ammonite family Otoitidae that live during the Middle Jurassic.
The Otoitidae, which is part of the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea, are part of the well known subclass of prehistoric cephalopods known in general terms as ammonites
Otoites is characterized by barrel-shaped, cadiconic, inner whorls and contracted last whorl; coarse ribs with long secondaries that come off of low lateral tubercles; and lappets flanking the aperture.