Oxynoticeras

Oxynoticeras
Temporal range: Sinemurian[1]
Oxynoticeras oxynotum from Lower Lias rocks at Bishops Cleeve in Gloucestershire, England, UK.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Psiloceratoidea
Family: Oxynoticeratidae
Genus: Oxynoticeras
Hyatt, 1875
Type species
Ammonites oxynotus Quenstedt, 1843
Species
  • O. oxynotum Quenstedt, 1843
  • O. subinvolutum Spath, 1925
  • O. soemanni Dumortier, 1867
  • O. lymense Wright, 1881
  • O. choffati Pompeckj, 1906
Synonyms
  • Oxynotoceras Buckman, 1894

Oxynoticeras is an extinct genus of ammonite from the Early Jurassic[1] of Europe and North America.[2] This genus is characterized by its smooth shell, with almost invisible undulations on the flank, and a sharp keel. [3]

Synonym Oxynotoceras was created by Buckman as misspelling.[4]

Distribution

Fossils belonging to this genus were found in Europe, Morocco, Asia, Canada, USA and South America.[4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ↑
    • The Elements of Palaeontology by Rhona M. Black
  3. ↑ Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 83
  4. 1 2 M. K. Howarth 2013. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea.
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