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Pleuroceras (ammonite)

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Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Pleuroceras
Temporal range: Pliensbachian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pleuroceras quadratum from Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Amaltheidae
Genus: Pleuroceras
Hyatt, 1868

Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.

Species

Description

Life restoration

Pleuroceras has a planulate shell with a quadrate whorl section, bearing strong radial ribs ending in ventro-lateral tubercles. The venter is tabulate with a strong serrated keel.

Distribution

Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. Its fossils have been found in Canada and Europe (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom).

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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Taxon identifiers
Pleuroceras


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