Apleuroceras

Apleuroceras is a genus of ceratitid ammonites with an essentially smooth evolute shell with a subquadrade whorl section and a ceratitic suture with two lateral lobes (on either side). Apleuroceras belongs to the Aplococeratidae and has been found in middle Triassic formations of Ladinian age in Hungary and the Alps.[1]

Apleuroceras
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Aplococeratidae
Genus: Apleuroceras
Hyatt, 1900
Species

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References

  • Arkell et al 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (L158). Geological Society of America and University Kansas Press.
  • Paleobiology database Apleuroceras entry accessed 9 December 2011
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