Liparoceras

Liparoceras Temporal range: Pliensbachian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Liparoceratidae
Genus:	†Liparoceras Hyatt, 1867
Species
L.bechei L.cheltiense L.densistriatum L.gallicum L.nautiliforme L.zieteni

Liparoceras is an extinct fossil ammonite species from the Early Jurassic period of England, and is found in lower Lias deposits. Its name means 'fat head' and this is due to its broad shell. The venter is wide and finely ribbed with no keel and it has two rows of tubercules on each whorl.

References

• Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, (Part L); Geological Soc. of America and University of Kansas press.

External links

• Liparoceras at fossilmuseum.net
• Liparoceras at the Whitby Museum