Pseudopeltoceras
Pseudopeltoceras Temporal range: late Middle Jurassic (Callovian), 164.7–155.7Ma | |
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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 perisphinctoid ammonite genus 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda