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| Apleuroceras Temporal range: Ladinian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ceratitida |
| Family: | †Aplococeratidae |
| Genus: | †Apleuroceras Hyatt, 1900 |
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Apleuroceras is a genus of ceratitid ammonites with an essentially smooth evolute shell with a subquadrade whorl section and a ceratitic suture with two lateral lobes (on either side). Apleuroceras belongs to the Aplococeratidae and has been found in middle Triassic formations of Ladinian age in Hungary and the Alps.
References
- Galli, Claudio. "WMSDB -Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base - Full list and sample shapes for all Genus in Phylum MOLLUSCA v. 2.1".
- Arkell et al 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (L158). Geological Society of America and University Kansas Press.
- Paleobiology database Apleuroceras entry accessed 9 December 2011
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