Cadomites

Cadomites is an extinct ammonite genus from the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea that lived during the Middle Jurassic (upper Bajocian – lower Callovian).^[1]

Cadomites Temporal range: from Bajocian to Callovian,[1] 171.6–164.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [2]
Cadomites deslongchampsii Type species of the genus - Bayeux France MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Stephanoceratoidea
Family:	Stephanoceratidae
Genus:	Cadomites Munier-Chalmas 1892

Description

Cadomites is directly descended from Stephanoceras, with a similar collared and lipped aperture rim, but has denser, finer, sharper ribbing. The shell is discoidal, evolute, with a wide umbilicus. The suture is complex.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic sediments in Europe, Africa and South Asia.^[2]