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Anagaudryceras

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Extinct genus of ammonites

Anagaudryceras
Temporal range: Albian - Maastrichtian
Anagaudryceras limatum (center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Gaudryceratidae
Genus: †Anagaudryceras
Shimizu, 1934
Species

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Anagaudryceras is an extinct genus of ammonite from the later Cretaceous belonging to the Ammonoidea family Gaudryceratidae. Anagaudryceras has a moderately involute shell with a deep umbilicus and strongly ribbed outer whorl. Ribs are thick and rounded and cross over the venter uninterrupted.

References

  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • Wani, R. 2007. Differential preservation of the Upper Cretaceous ammonoid Anagaudryceras limatum with corrugated shell in central Hokkaido, Japan. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (1) 2007
  • The Paleobiology Datase Anagaudriceras entry accessed 5 April 2012
Taxon identifiers
Anagaudryceras


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