Ropoloceras

Ropoloceras is an extinct ancyloceratin genus included in the family Crioceratitidae, subclass Ammonoidea, from the Upper Hauterivian. Fossils belonging to this genera were found on localities that are now in Switzerland, France and Spain.[1]

Ropoloceras
Temporal range: Hauterivian[1]
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Superfamily:
Ancyloceratoidea
Family:
Crioceratitidae
Genus:
Ropoloceras

Vermeulen et al., 2012
Type species
Crioceras seitzi Sarkar, 1955
Species
  • R. angulicostatum d'Orbigny, 1841
  • R. seitzi Sarkar, 1955

References
  1. Vermeulen (J.), Lazarin (P.), Lépinay (P.), Leroy (L.), Mascarelli (E.), Meister (C.) & Menkveld-Gfeller (U.), 2012 - Ammonites (Ancyloceratina, Turrilitina) nouvelles ou peu connues de l'Hauterivien supérieur. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice, t. 27, p. 271-318


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