Pseudocrioceras duvalianum
| Pseudocrioceras duvalianum Temporal range: Barremian | |
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| Fossil of Pseudocrioceras duvalianum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Suborder: | Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | Ancyloceratidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocrioceras |
| Species: | P. duvalianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocrioceras duvalianum d’Orbigny, 1842[1] | |
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Pseudocrioceras duvalianum is an extinct species of ammonite cephalopod.
Description
Shellls of Pseudocrioceras duvalianum can reach a diamenter of about 17–23 centimetres (6.7–9.1 in). [2] These ammonites are tripartite with ancyloceratid-like coiling and quite closed spirals. The section of the horl is subrectangular. They show at first fine radial ribs with ventral tubercles, then groups of 2-3 ribs. [1][3]
Distribution
These ammonites have has been found in strata of the Barremian age of France. [1]
References
- 1 2 3 Pierre Ropolo, Roland Gonnet & Gabriel Conte The ‘Pseudocriocerasinterval’ and adjacent beds at La Bédoule (SE France): implications to highest Barremian/lowest Aptian biostratigraphy
- ↑ AMMONITES DU BARREMIEN
- ↑ Crioceratites
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