Pleuroceras (ammonite)

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Pleuroceras
Temporal range: Pliensbachian [1]
Amonites (Pleuroceras quadratum), Ebensfeld, Alemania, 2021-01-16, DD 058-107 FS.jpg
Pleuroceras quadratum from Germany
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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]

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Species

Description

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Life restoration

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

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database" . Retrieved 2014-05-28.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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