Pleuroceras (ammonite)
| Pleuroceras Temporal range: | |
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| Pleuroceras quadratum from Germany | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Amaltheidae |
| Genus: | † Hyatt, 1868 |
Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.[1]
Species
- Pleuroceras hawskerense (Young & Bird, 1828)
- Pleuroceras solare (Phillips, 1829)
- Pleuroceras spinatum (Bruguière, 1789)
- Pleuroceras transiens Frentzen, 1937
- Pleuroceras apyrenum Buckman, 1911
Description
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).[2]
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". strata.geology.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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