Protrachyceras

Protrachyceras is a genus of ceratitid ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Trachyceratidae.

Protrachyceras
Temporal range: Triassic
Fossil of Protrachyceras psaeudoarchelonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Clydonitaceae
Family:
Trachyceratidae
Genus:
Protrachyceras

Species
  • Protrachyceras costulatum Mansuy 1912
  • Protrachyceras deprati Mansuy 1912
  • Protrachyceras reitzi Boeckh 1875
  • Protrachyceras sikanianum McLearn 1930
  • Protrachyceras springeri Smith 1914
  • Protrachyceras storrsi Smith 1927 was rearranged to Sirenites storrsi (SMITH ) by Tozer 1968

Fossil record

Fossils of Protrachyceras are found in marine strata from the Triassic (age range: from 242.0 to 221.5 million years ago.). Fossils are known from many localities in Afghanistan, Canada, China, India, Italy, Japan, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and United States.[1]

Bibliography
  • Arkell et al. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. 1957
  • Bernhard Kummel 1952. A Classification of Triassic Ammonoids. Jour of Paleontology, Vol 26, No.5, pp 847โ€“853

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database


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