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Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Peroniceras
Temporal range: Coniacian–Santonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Peroniceras tricarinatum, from Březno u Loun, Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Collignoniceratidae
Subfamily: Peroniceratinae
Genus: Peroniceras
de Grossouvre, 1894
Subgenera
  • P. (Zuluiceras)
  • P. (Peroniceras)

Peroniceras is an ammonite (an extinct group of marine mollusc) belonging to the Ammonitida family Collignoniceratidae.

Species of this genus were widespread throughout the world. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivore shelled ammonoids.

Distribution

Cretaceous of Antarctica, Cameroon, Canada (British Columbia), Denmark, France, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, United States (California), Venezuela ; Jurassic of Japan

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ^ "Paleobiology Database - Peroniceras". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

Further reading

Taxon identifiers
Peroniceras


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