Taffertia is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during Toarcian age in the Falciferum zone and possibly only in Exaratum subzone. Its fossils were found in Canada, Morocco, Algeria and Italy.The Paleobiology DatabaseMOUTERDE, R.; ELMI, S. Caracteres differentiels des faunes d'Ammonites du Toarcien des bordures de la Tethys; signification paleogeographique. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 1991, 162.6: 1185-1195.
Description Moderately involute, keeled, tectiform, sub-ogival shell with bold, regularly bifurcating ribs. It is similar to Pseudolioceras, but is more evolute and differs from other Harpoceratinae by having bifurcating ribs.J. Guex 1973. Aperçu biostratigraphique sur le Toarcien inférieur du Moyen-Atlas marocain et discussion sur la zonation de ce sous-étage dans les séries méditerranéennes, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 66 (1973) Heft 3
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