Haploceras
| Haploceras Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Haploceratidae |
| Genus: | †Haploceras Zittel, 1870 |
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Haploceras is a genus of late Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) ammonoid cephalopods and the type for the Haploceratidae, similar to Lissoceras but with a broader whorl section and small blunt lappets and a blunt rostrum; some species with feeble ventral folds on body chamber. Haploceras has been found worldwide, in North America, Africa, Europe and the mid east.
References
- Arkell et al., 1957 Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L. Geol Society of America and Univ Kansas Press R.C Moore (ed)
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