Crioceras (cephalopod)
For the plant genus, see Crioceras (plant).
| Crioceras Temporal range: Hauterivian[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Ancylocerataceae |
| Family: | Crioceratitidae |
| Genus: | Crioceras |
Crioceras is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea and included in the family Crioceratidae of the ammonitid superfamily Ancylocerataceae. Crioceras is considered by some to be a junior synonym of Crioceratites
Crioceras ramoseptum is a heteromorph that comes from the Aptian of Dagestan.[2]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ Lehmann, U. 1981. The ammonites: Their life and their world. London: Cambridge University Press.
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