Idoceras

Idoceras
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Kimmeridgian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctaceae
Family: Perisphinctidae
Genus: Idoceras [2]
Burckhardt, 1906

Idoceras is a genus of perisphictacean ammonite, belonging to the Perisphinctidae subfamily Idoceratinae. The genus is known from the Upper Jurassic, with a widespread distribution. Shells of Idoceras are evolute, with a wide umbilicus; ribbing strong, bifurcate high on flanks. Suture simpler than in the similar Ataxioceras.

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Idoceras". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  • Arkell, W.J.; Kummel, B.; Wright, C.W. (1957). Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4. Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. p. L323.


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