Pleuroceras Temporal range:
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Pleuroceras quadratum from Germany | |
Scientific classification
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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. [1]
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.
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). [2]
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Pleuroceras Temporal range:
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Pleuroceras quadratum from Germany | |
Scientific classification
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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. [1]
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.
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). [2]
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