Aristoceras
| Aristoceras Temporal range: Early Pennsylvanian - Early Permian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Goniatitida |
| Family: | †Thalassoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Thalassoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Aristoceras |
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Aristoceras is a Late Paleozoic goniatitid genus included in the Goniatitina suborder in which the lobes of the external suture are irregularly serrate.
Aristoceras, named by Ruzencev, 1950, may be a synonym for Euthalassoceras Miller and Furnish, 1940. The family to which it belongs, the Thalassoceratidae is now part of the Thalassoceratoidea, but previously was included in the Dimorphocerataceae with the Dimorphoceratidae.
References
- 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.
- Aristoceras in GONIAT 6/9/12
- "Aristoceras". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 18 July 2012.