Peroniceras
| Peroniceras Temporal range: Coniacian–Santonian[1] | |
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| Peroniceras tricarinatum, from Březno u Loun, Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Collignoniceratidae |
| Genus: | Peroniceras de Grossouvre, 1894 |
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Peroniceras is an ammonite belonging to the Ammonitida family Collignoniceratidae.
Species of this genus were widespread throughout the world. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivore shelled ammonoids.
Distribution
Cretaceous of Antarctica, Cameroon, Canada (British Columbia), Denmark, France, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, United States (California), Venezuela ; Jurassic of Japan [2]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Peroniceras". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Weblinks
- John Bernard Reeside The cephalopods of the Eagle sandstone and related formations
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