Pseudopeltoceras

Pseudopeltoceras
Temporal range: late Middle Jurassic (Callovian), 164.7–155.7 Ma
[1]
Fossil of Pseudopeltoceras chauvinianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctoidea
Family: Perisphinctidae
Genus: Pseudopeltoceras
Spath 1928

Pseudopeltoceras is a genus of perisphinctoid ammonites belonging to the family Perisphinctidae.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic, upper Callovian stage.[2]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of Argentina, France and Germany.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 The Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda


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