Oxynoticeras
Oxynoticeras | |
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Oxynoticeras oxynotum from Lower Lias rocks at Bishops Cleeve in Gloucestershire, England, UK. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Superfamily: | Psiloceratoidea |
Family: | Oxynoticeratidae |
Genus: | Oxynoticeras Hyatt, 1875 |
Type species | |
Ammonites oxynotus Quenstedt, 1843 | |
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Oxynoticeras is an extinct genus of ammonite from the Early Jurassic[1] of Europe and North America.[2] This genus is characterized by its smooth shell, with almost invisible undulations on the flank, and a sharp keel.[3]
Synonym Oxynotoceras was created by Buckman as misspelling.[4]
Distribution
Fossils belonging to this genus were found in Europe, Morocco, Asia, Canada, USA and South America.[4]
Sources
- 1 2 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.
- ↑
- The Elements of Palaeontology by Rhona M. Black
- ↑ Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 83
- 1 2 M. K. Howarth 2013. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea.
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