Anderssonoceras
| Anderssonoceras Temporal range: U Permian | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ceratitida |
| Superfamily: | Otocerataceae |
| Family: | Anderssonoceratidae |
| Genus: | Anderssonoceras |
Anderssonoceras is a small, smooth ammonite with a flared umbilical shoulder, like Prototoceras, assiged to the ceratitid family Anderssonoceratidae as the type, but once included in the Otoceratidae.
Anderssonoceras comes from the Upper Permian of China.
References
- Arkell et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas press, 1957. R. C. Moore (ed)
- D. Korn 2006 Paleozoic ammonoid classification --rft July 2010
- E. T. Tozer. 1981. Triassic Ammonoidea: Classification, evolution and relationship with Permian and Jurassic Forms. ...- rft July 2010