Dasyceras
| Dasyceras Temporal range: Sinemurian[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Phylloceraatida |
| Family: | Juraphyllitidae |
| Genus: | Dasyceras Hyatt, 1900 |
| Species [2] | |
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None Cataloged | |
Dasyceras is an early phylloceratid from the Sinemurian stage of the lower Jurassic, found in Europe.
The shell is evolute, compressed in section. Inner whorls are smooth, outer mature whorl develops coarse falcoid ribs that arise near the umbilical rim but to not pass over the rounded venter.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Dasyceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Bibliography
- Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America.
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