Herrickiceras
Herrickiceras Temporal range: Middle Turonian 93.5–89.3Ma | |
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Herrickiceras costatus (Placenticeras costatum) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Coilopoceratidae |
Genus: | †Herrickiceras Cobban & Hook, 1980 |
Species | |
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Herrickiceras is an ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous which belongs to the Coilopoceratidae, a family in the Acanthoceratoidea. Herrickiceras has an established range in the Middle Turonianof the Upper Cretaceous. Its distribution is widespread, from western North America through Central Africa and the Middle East.
Species include:
- H. costatum (type species)
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.
- The Paleobiology Database - Herrickiceras entry accessed 2 December 2011