Zurcheria

Zurcheria
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Fossil
Scientific classification
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Hildocerataceae
Family: Sonniniidae
Genus: Zurcheria
Douville, 1885

Zurcheria is a dwarf ammonite from the Middle Jurassic included in the Sonniniidae and lacking a keel. The shell is evolute, inner whorls exposed; whorls compressed and slightly overlapping. Bears ribs, which are sinuous folds that project strongly onto the arched venter.

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