Pleuroceras (ammonite)

Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jurassic, upper Pliensbachian.[1]

Pleuroceras
Temporal range: Pliensbachian[1]
Pleuroceras sp. from Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Family:
Amaltheidae
Genus:
Pleuroceras

Hyatt, 1868

Species

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 carnivore. Its fossils have been found in Canada and Europe (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Montenegro, Spain and United Kingdom).[2]

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.


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